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Title: Nalo Hopkinson papers
Date (inclusive): 1978, 1999-2018, undated
Date (bulk): 2011-2016
Collection Number: MS 386
Creator:
Hopkinson, Nalo
Extent:
8.88 linear feet
(8 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collections contains manuscripts and galley proofs for the literary works of Nalo Hopkinson, a Jamaican and Canadian
science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. Hopkinson was a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at UC Riverside
from 2011-2021. Manuscripts in the collection include
Midnight Robber,
Skin Folk,
Mojo: Conjure Stories,
Griffonne,
Brown Girl in the Ring,
Sister Mine, and
The Chaos.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Nalo Hopkinson papers (MS 386). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Gifts of Nalo Hopkinson, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Processed by Andrew Lippert, Special Collections Processing Archivist, 2018.
Nalo Hopkinson is an award-winning Jamaican and Canadian science fiction & fantasy writer and a pioneering figure of the Afrofuturism
and Alternative Futurism movements. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1960, and spent her early years in Guyana and Trinidad
before landing in Toronto at the age of sixteen. She studied with science fiction writer James Morrow while pursuing a Masters
of Arts degree at Seton Hill University. In 2011 she became a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the University
of California, Riverside and transitioned to the University of British Columbia in 2021. Nalo Hopkinson has won a number of
awards during her career including the Locus Award, John W. Campbell Award, Andre Norton Award, and was named a "Grand Master"
by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association in 2021. Her works have also been nominated for the Philip K. Dick, Hugo,
Nebula, Tiptree and other awards.
This collection contains manuscripts for the literary works of science fiction and fantasy author Nalo Hopkinson. Hopkinson
was a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at UC Riverside from 2011-2021. Manuscripts in the collection include
Midnight Robber,
Skin Folk,
Mojo: Conjure Stories,
Griffonne,
Brown Girl in the Ring,
Sister Mine, and
The Chaos. The collection also includes notes, correspondence, posters,and other items related to Hopkinson's literary career.
This collection is arranged by the original order in which it was donated to Special Collections.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Science fiction
Science fiction -- Authorship
Galley proofs
Manuscripts
Realia