Temi Oh
- Novelist
- Science fiction
Temi Oh (birth name Temitoyen Ochugboju[1]) is a British science fiction author, screenwriter, and neuroscientist. Her debut novel, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, received the 2020 Alex Award. Her second novel, More Perfect, was published in 2023.
Profile
Oh attended university at King's College London, where she studied neuroscience and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree.[2] She subsequently earned an MA from the University of Edinburgh.[3] She married her husband Benedict Douglas-Scott [4][5] and had a daughter in 2022.[4][5] Temi Oh has also endorsed the use of the Freedom app as a way to increase productivity in an increasingly connected world.[4]
Her debut novel Do You Dream of Terra-Two? was published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster[2] and was featured in The Guardian's "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Roundup".[6] It was a preliminary nominee for the 2020 Nommo Award[7] and received the American Library Association's 2020 Alex Award. As of 2019, no sequel was planned for the book .[8]
More Perfect, Oh's second novel, published in 2023, is a "dystopian hypersurveillance" tale based on the classic Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice.[9] It took a bit less than eight years to go from her initial idea for the book to publication.[4]
She has also authored tie-in short fiction connected to Black Panther, Doctor Who and Overwatch 2.
Oh's third and fourth novels are scheduled to be published by Simon & Schuster UK and Saga Press. The first of these is set to be published in 2026 and is billed as "a family drama set at the end of the world".[10]
References
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Temi Oh". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ a b Wood, Heloise. "S&S buy two from Neuroscience graduate". The Bookseller. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ "Temi Oh: About the Author". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Brewer, Robert. "Temi Oh: On Untangling Two Reactions to the Same Idea". Writer's Digest. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ a b Ghosh, Kuhelika (October 14, 2022). "British-Nigerian Author Temi Oh is a New Mom to a Baby Girl!". Brittle Paper. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ Brown, Eric. "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ "Award Category: Best Novel (Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction)". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
- ^ Nyamor, Enos (June 12, 2019). "On Space Travel, and Dreams of the Garden of Eden". Schloss-Post. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ Ong, Alexis. "Love in a Surveillance State: 'More Perfect' by Temi Oh". Tor. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Heloise (August 24, 2023). "S&S UK clinches Oh's next two novels". The Bookseller. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Temi Oh at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database