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Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson is a Sunday Times Bestselling author and the inaugural winner of the Future Worlds Prize for science-fiction and fantasy. Her debut novel, The Principle of Moments, was published in January 2024, garnering a TikTok Book award nomination for Best British and Irish Novel. She regularly interacts with her audience of 25,000+ fantasy readers and writers across social media, and sits on the Board of Trustees for a UNESCO City of Literature in the south of England. Her work centres those living at the intersection of identities, in our world—or in others. She holds a BA in English Literature and Classical Studies from the University of Exeter.
Esmie is represented by Literary Agent Catherine Cho at Paper Literary.
“I’ve not read anything quite like Jikiemi-Pearson’s award-winning debut. At once a meticulous space opera… and a century spanning love story, it heralds a new voice in the genre, and what may be a transformative series for the writer.”
“A sprawling space-opera fantasy… feels like a mashup of Star Wars and Dr Who. There are ancient prophecies, youthful heroes fighting an evil galactic empire, hair’s-breadth escapes and alien races, along with magic and time travel.”
“An assured, mature piece of work, every page nonetheless shines with the vigour and passion of youth. And the foregrounding of black and LGBT characters adds further freshness.”
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