I must thank my agent, Noah Ballard, who kept me levelheaded and focused and who was ceaseless in his encouragement.
And I send my everlasting gratitude to Irene Gallo and Christine Foltzer for directing the creation of a cover that, to this day, renders me breathless. Jaya Miceli delivered one of the most stunning pieces of art I have ever seen in my life. I am the most fortunate author in the world to have been able to have my name on this cover.
My family, of course. For your steadfast belief in me pursuing this career, in which I am neither a doctor nor an engineer, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Finally, I must acknowledge N. K. Jemisin. Until I’d read her Broken Earth trilogy, I did not know how to write angry, the type of angry that still leaves room for love. Those books unlocked a gate. The reader in me is ever grateful.
So is the writer.
ALSO BY TOCHI ONYEBUCHI
Beasts Made of Night
Crown of Thunder
War Girls
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TOCHI ONYEBUCHI is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African; its sequel, Crown of Thunder; and War Girls. He holds a B.A. from Yale, an M.F.A. in screenwriting from the Tisch School of the Arts, a master’s degree in economic law from Sciences Po, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. His fiction has appeared in Panverse Three, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Obsidian, Omenana magazine, Lightspeed, and Uncanny. His nonfiction has appeared in Nowhere magazine, the Oxford University Press blog, Tor.com, and the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, among other places. Riot Baby is his adult fiction debut.
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
RIOT BABY
Copyright © 2019 by Tochi Onyebuchi
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Names: Onyebuchi, Tochi, author.
Title: Riot baby / Tochi Onyebuchi.
Description: First edition. | New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019041049 (print) | LCCN 2019041050 (ebook) | ISBN 9781250214751 (hardback) | ISBN 9781250214768 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Dystopias. | Science fiction.
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