Chinelo Onwualu

Onwualu was born in Nigeria. She co-founded Omenana Magazine with Mazi Nwonwu. She is currently the nonfiction editor of Anathema Magazine and a staff writer at NPR.^[5] Her works has appeared at Uncanny Magazine, Slate Magazine and Strange Horizons.^[6] She is a contributor in the New Sun anthology which has gathered positive reviews.^[7][8]

She was a nominee of the Nommo Awards,^[9][10] British Science Fiction Award, and Short Story Day Africa Award. She is a finalist for the 2021 Ignyte Award for the Community Award category with Andrew Wilmot.^[11] Her short story "What The Dead Man Said" was listed as among the five post-A apocalyptic and dystopian stories by African authors by Tor.com.^[1] She was among the authors that attended the Houston book event of 2021.^[12] Her book "What The Dead Man Said" was selected as one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2019 by The Washington Post.^[13]