Tade Thompson | |
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Born | Tade Thompson London, United Kingdom |
Occupation | Writer, psychiatrist |
Nationality |
Nigerian British |
Period | 2005–present |
Genre | Science fiction, Horror |
Notable work | |
Notable awards |
Tade Thompson FRSL is a British-born Nigerian psychiatrist and writer. He is best known for his 2016 science fiction novel Rosewater, which won a Nommo Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award. [1] [2]
Thompson was born in London, England, to Yoruba parents. His family left the United Kingdom for Nigeria in 1976, when Thompson was seven. He grew up in Nigeria, where he studied medicine and social anthropology. He went on to specialise in psychiatry. He returned to the UK in 1998, where he has remained except for a year spent working in Samoa. He now lives on the south coast of England. [3] [4] [2]
His novels and short stories have been critically well received. Thompson is a Nommo Award and a Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award winner. He is a John W. Campbell Award finalist as well as nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award, the BSFA Award, and the Nommo Award. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] His novel Rosewater, the first book in the Wormwood trilogy set in Nigeria, won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2019. [9]
The Murders of Molly Southbourne has been optioned for screen adaptation. [3] [10]
Thompson is also an illustrator and artist. [1] [11] [12]
In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. [13]