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Esmie is a speculative fiction and fantasy writer, currently living in London after graduating from university with a degree in English Literature and Classical Studies.
Her writing, which is invariably about marginalised people saving the world, won The Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME 2020 SFF Award, (since renamed The Future Worlds Prize), and was shortlisted for the 2018 Penguin WriteNow scheme.
Esmie is also co-founder of Impact of Omission, an organisation dedicated to decolonising the UK’s compulsory curriculum, that has been featured in publications such as The Guardian, The Times and The Huffington Post. In October 2020, Esmie was interviewed about the campaign by ITV news, and the following year she consulted on and appeared in the Channel 4 Documentary Where’s my History, created by premiere league footballer Troy Deeney.
She can usually be found drinking hot chocolate and dressing up to go strolling through old villages, or around London’s many museums.
50 word Bio:
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson is a science-fantasy writer, and co-founder of Impact of Omission. Winner of The Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award in 2020, her debut novel THE PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS will be published in 2024 from Gollancz.
100 word Bio:
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson is an SFF writer, inaugural winner of the Future Worlds Prize in 2020, and author of the century-spanning, genre-bending space opera, The Principle of Moments, (Gollancz 2024). A recent graduate with a BA in English Literature and Classical Studies, Esmie is also co-founder of Impact of Omission, a campaign to make Black history a compulsory part of the national curriculum, as featured in The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The Times. When she isn’t writing about Black kids dismantling space empires, she can probably be found campaigning for a copy of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to replace the Mona Lisa in the Louvre.
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Key Information + Availability
Esmie is available for work on IP projects in the genres of sci-fi and fantasy, as well as a range of other projects. Don’t hesitate to reach out to her via her agent, Catherine Cho at Paper Literary, or via the contact form.
Agent
Catherine Cho
Agency
Paper Literary
Upcoming work
The Principle of Moments