Temi Oh

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Temi Oh
Born London, U.K.
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LanguageEnglish
Education King's College London (BSci) University of Edinburgh (MA)
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Website
www.theonlytemioh.com

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.

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Career

Oh was born in 1993 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. [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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Temi Oh". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Wood, Heloise. "S&S buy two from Neuroscience graduate". The Bookseller. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Temi Oh: About the Author". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Brewer, Robert. "Temi Oh: On Untangling Two Reactions to the Same Idea". Writer's Digest. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Ghosh, Kuhelika (October 14, 2022). "British-Nigerian Author Temi Oh is a New Mom to a Baby Girl!". Brittle Paper. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ Brown, Eric. "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Award Category: Best Novel (Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction)". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Nyamor, Enos (June 12, 2019). "On Space Travel, and Dreams of the Garden of Eden". Schloss-Post. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  9. ↑ Ong, Alexis. "Love in a Surveillance State: 'More Perfect' by Temi Oh". Tor. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  10. ↑ Wood, Heloise (August 24, 2023). "S&S UK clinches Oh's next two novels". The Bookseller. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
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