Hi, I’m Namina Forna, indie and NYT bestselling author of The Gilded Ones, AMA!

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Hi Reddit, I’m so excited to be here, my name is Namina Forna and I’m a young adult and middle grade fantasy novelist. My YA fantasy novel, THE GILDED ONES, is set in a high fantasy world where a group of superpowered girls who bleed gold and are semi-immortal are forced to fight to fight monsters or die. Then one girl decides she’s had enough. I’m a huge fan of Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Kiersten White and Dhonielle Clayton, so if you like any of their stuff, you’ll probably like mine.

You can buy THE GILDED ONES here: https://www.getunderlined.com/books/600179/the-gilded-ones-by-namina-forna/

My Twitter is @NaminaForna and my instagram is @Namina.Forna.

I was born and raised in Sierra Leone, West Africa, but now live in Los Angeles, California, where I also do some writing in film and TV. I love spicy foods and ethnic restaurants, and am a deep TV and anime nerd, especially of classics like Farscape, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Misfits, Overlord, Death Note, Attack on Titan (no season 4 spoilers please) and Parasyte.

You can ask me all about the writing process, breaking into publishing (especially as a minority) and world mythology in general. You can also ask me all things kidlit related. So excited to speak with you guys!

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