Career
As a teenager in 2008, Ifueko wrote Jane Austen inspired Neopets fanfiction that was serialized in the Neopets in-game newspaper, The Neopian Times. [7] Ifueko's debut novel Raybearer , inspired partly by her West African heritage and other world cultures, was published on August 18, 2020, by Abrams Books, [8] and became a New York Times bestseller. [9] It was nominated for the Andre Norton Award, [10] the Ignyte Award for Best Young Adult Novel [11] and the Goodreads Choice Award for best Debut Novel and best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction. [12] [13] The novel was honoured as one of the American Library Association's (ALA) Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [14] and ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. [15] It was followed by a sequel, Redemptor , published in 2021 which was nominated for Ignyte Awards, Lodestar Award and Andre Norton Award. [16] [17] [18] [19]
In September 2021, it was announced that Netflix was in the development phase of adapting Raybearer into a television series, under a new overall deal with Gina Atwater, with Sugar23 and Macro Television Studios producing. [20]
In 2024, Ifueko announced a new book, The Maid and the Crocodile, a standalone fantasy set in the same world as Raybearer. [21] The book was published on August 13, 2024. [22]
Other works
In July 2022, Marvel Comics announced that Ifueko would be writing a new Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur comic, drawn by Alba Glez. It was published in December of the same year. [23] [24]
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