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At The End Of The Year, N.K. Jemisin Ponders The End Of The World

Jemisin is the only author to win three Hugo Awards in a row — for her Broken Earth trilogy, which begins with an apocalypse. She says she likes to explore what apocalypses mean for different people.
Author N.K. Jemisin won her third Hugo Award this year for <em>The Stone Sky.</em>

In late December, we sometimes talk to people who've had a very big year, but author N.K. Jemisin has had a very big three years. In 2016, she became the first African-American writer to win the Hugo Award for best novel. She went on to win the same prize, and .

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