Temi Oh
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| Born | London, U.K. |
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| Language | English |
| Education | King's College London (BSci) University of Edinburgh (MA) |
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Temi Oh (born Temitoyen Ochugboju[1]) is a British science fiction author, screenwriter, and neuroscientist of Nigerian descent. Her debut novel, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, received the 2020 Alex Award. Her second novel, More Perfect, was published in 2023.
Career
Oh was born in 1996[2] in London, to Nigerian parents. She did her secondary education at Bishop Thomas Grant and Emanuel School, Battersea. She attended university at King's College London, where she studied neuroscience and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree.[3] She subsequently earned an MA from the University of Edinburgh.[4] She married her husband Benedict Douglas-Scott [5][6] and had a daughter in 2022.[5][6] Temi Oh has also endorsed the use of the Freedom app as a way to increase productivity in an increasingly connected world.[5]
Her debut novel Do You Dream of Terra-Two? was published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster[3] and was featured in The Guardian's "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Roundup".[7] It was a preliminary nominee for the 2020 Nommo Award[8] and received the American Library Association's 2020 Alex Award. As of 2019, no sequel was planned for the book.[9]
More Perfect, Oh's second novel, published in 2023, is a "dystopian hypersurveillance" tale based on the classic Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice.[10] It took a bit less than eight years to go from her initial idea for the book to publication.[5]
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".[11]
References
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Temi Oh". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ https://www.theonlytemioh.com/5-fun-things
- ^ 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 (16 August 2023). "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 (15 March 2019). "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 (15 August 2023). "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.