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Jordan Ifueko

Jordan Ifueko is a Nigerian American writer who grew up eating fried plantains while reading comic books under a blanket fort. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their collection of Black Panther Funko Pops. Raybearer is her debut novel.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy

Series

Raybearer
   1. Raybearer (2020)
   2. Redemptor (2021)
   The Maid and the Crocodile (2024)

Books containing stories by Jordan Ifueko

Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories (2023)
(Gothic Fantasy)

Cool. Awkward. Black. (2023)
edited by
Karen Strong

Award nominations

	2025 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : The Maid and the Crocodile
	2022 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Redemptor
	2022 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Redemptor
	2022 Dragon Award for Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel (nominee) : Redemptor
	2021 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Raybearer
	2021 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Raybearer
	2021 BSFA Award for Best Fiction for Young Readers (nominee) : Redemptor
	2021 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Redemptor
	2020 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Raybearer

Jordan Ifueko recommends

Within These Wicked Walls (2021)
Lauren Blackwood
"An intricate magic system, a grimly humorous Black heroine, AND a heart-thumping romance? This book leaves nothing wanting."

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