Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.



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Author: Akwaeke Emezi | Narrator: Bahni Turpin
Release Date: February 15, 2022
From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution--and how youth lead the way.After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled t...
Author: Akwaeke Emezi | Narrator: Akwaeke Emezi
Release Date: June 08, 2021
FEATURED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AS A 2021 NEXT GENERATION LEADER“A once-in-a-generation voice.” – Vulture “One of our greatest living writers.” – ShondalandA full-throated and provocative memoir in letters ...
Author: Akwaeke Emezi | Narrator: Chukwudi Iwuji and Yetide Badaki
Release Date: August 04, 2020
A Good Morning America Buzz PickINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Electrifying." — O: The Oprah Magazine Named a Best Book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, USA TODAY, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire...
Author: Akwaeke Emezi | Narrator: Christopher Myers
Release Date: September 10, 2019
National Book Award FinalistStonewall Book Award Winner"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut...Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." (The New York Times)The award-winning, genre-defying novel by the New York Times best-selling author of T...