Olivia E. Raymond who writes under the pen name Zelda Knight or Author Z. Knight is an American writer and editor who is chiefly known as the co-editor of ''
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora'' and ''
Africa Risen''. She is the publisher of Aurelia Leo, a speculative fiction publisher based in Louisville.
Life
Knight holds an
MA in Public History from the
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university, public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19t ...
and is currently post-doctorate student in Pan-African Studies from the same school.
Bibliography
* ''
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora''
* ''
African Risen''
Awards and nominations
She won the
British Fantasy Award
The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (to ''The Knight of ...
for "Best Anthology" in 2021 for ''Dominion''. She was a nominee for "Best Anthology" category at the 2021
Locus Award
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine '' Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet.
Originally a poll ...
s for ''Dominion''. and the 2020 This Is Horror awards.
In 2023, ''Africa Risen'' was nominated for the
54th NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work.
References
External links
*
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Living people
African-American novelists
African-American short story writers
African-American women writers
Afrofuturist writers
Speculative fiction writers of African descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
African-American women short story writers