Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an African speculative fiction writer, editor, and publisher from Nigeria. He has won the Nebula, Otherwise, Nommo, British & World Fantasy awards and been a finalist in the Hugo, Locus, Sturgeon, British Science Fiction, and NAACP Image awards. His works have appeared in Asimov's, Uncanny Magazine, Tordotcom, Galaxy's Edge, Strange Horizons, and others. He edited the Bridging Worlds and Year's Best African Speculative Fiction anthologies and co-edited the Dominion and Africa Risen anthologies. He was a CanCon GoH and a guest of honour at the Afrofuturism themed ICFA 44.