Nalo Hopkinson (born in 1960 in Kingston) is a Jamaican author. She has lived in the Caribbean, in Canada, and is currently a professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside USA. She has won numerous awards, including the John W. Campbell award for best new writer in 1999, the World fantasy award for the short story collection Skin Folk and Canada’s Sunburst award twice. Her work has also been nominated for the James R. Tiptree Memorial award, the Philip K. Dick award, the Hugo award and the Nebula award. Hopkinson’s work explores race, class and gender issues, as well as cultural differences in fantasy and science fiction settings.