Thursday, February 04, 2010

Nalo Hopkinson GoH of Finncon 2011

Finncon 2011 has announced their first Guest of Honor: multiple award-winning writer Nalo Hopkinson will be coming to Turku next year. Born in Jamaica, but currently living in Canada, Hopkinson has written four novels and a several short stories, edited anthologies and taught writing at various programs. She has received the John W. Campbell award, the Locus Award, the World Fantasy Award and many others for her work.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Erinomainen valinta, kiitos turkulaiset!
t. Liisa R.

04 February, 2010 17:31
Liina said...

oh joy, takuulla turkuun :) kiitos, ihan mahtava juttu!

05 February, 2010 07:46

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