Author guide
Nalo Hopkinson Books in Order
Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born Canadian writer who grew up in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana before moving to Canada at sixteen. Her work blends Caribbean oral traditions, folklore, history, creole language, and speculative forms. She is the author of seven novels, several short-fiction collections, and the House of Whispers comic series. Hopkinson received the 2021 SFWA Grand Master Award and has won the Locus Award, World Fantasy Award, and Andre Norton Award.
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Nalo Hopkinson's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Brown Girl in the Ring
The award-winning first novel and the clearest entry into Hopkinson's Caribbean-inflected speculative fiction.
Skin Folk
A landmark short-story collection showcasing her range, folklore, and distinctive language.
House of Whispers, Vol. 1: The Power Divided
The best starting point for her completed graphic-fiction series.
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Books by series
comic series · completed
House of Whispers
A completed DC/Vertigo comic series written by Nalo Hopkinson, with Dan Watters co-writing later issues, and collected in three graphic volumes.
Outside the series
