Temi Oh

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Temi Oh
Born London, U.K.
Occupation
  • Novelist
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 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

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Temi Oh". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ https://www.theonlytemioh.com/5-fun-things
  3. 1 2 Wood, Heloise. "S&S buy two from Neuroscience graduate". The Bookseller. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Temi Oh: About the Author". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Brewer, Robert (16 August 2023). "Temi Oh: On Untangling Two Reactions to the Same Idea". Writer's Digest. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ Brown, Eric (15 March 2019). "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Award Category: Best Novel (Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction)". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ Nyamor, Enos (June 12, 2019). "On Space Travel, and Dreams of the Garden of Eden". Schloss-Post. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  10. ↑ Ong, Alexis (15 August 2023). "Love in a Surveillance State: 'More Perfect' by Temi Oh". Tor. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  11. ↑ Wood, Heloise (August 24, 2023). "S&S UK clinches Oh's next two novels". The Bookseller. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
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