Nora Jemisin is still getting used to Bed-Stuy. It's a dreary winter Tuesday, and she's settled into a seat at one of her favored local haunts, the Brown Butter Café, where she's welcomed more as a local than as the resident celebrity author. Read more
N K Jemisin

'I have to know where I'm going'
‘When I'm putting together a novel, I leave all the doors and windows open so the characters can come in and just as easily leave. I don't take notes. Once I start writing things down, I feel like I'm nailing the story in place. When I rely on my faulty memory, the pieces are free to move. Read more