Tlotlo Tsamaase

Tsamaase earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Botswana as well as an MFA in creative writing from Chapman University. She has said that "studying architecture brought [her] to science fiction." Her first novella, The Silence of the Wilting Skin, was published in 2021 by Pink Narcissus Press and was nominated for a Lambda Award in the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction category. Her first novel, Womb City, was published by Erewhon Books in 2024 and was nominated for a Locus Award for Best First Novel. It was also a finalist for the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel. 7 Her fiction has appeared in publications such as Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best of World Science Fiction Volume 1, ''Futuri uniti d'Africa, Terraform, Strange Horizons, Africanfuturism: An Anthology, Africa Risen, The Dark Magazine, and The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction''. She is currently represented by Naomi Davis of BookEnds Literary Agency. She is Motswana. ==Awards and nominations==

Fiction — short stories • "Who Will Clean Our Spirits When We Are Gone?", The Dark Magazine • "The River of Night", The Dark Magazine • "Eclipse Our Sins", Clarkesworld Magazine • "Behind Our Irises", in Wole Talabi, editor, Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020) • "The River of Night" in Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, editor, ''The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction'' (2021) • "Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition)", in Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, editor, Africa Risen (2022) • "Dreamports" in Apex Magazine (2022) Fiction — novels and novellas • The Silence of the Wilting Skin (2020) • Womb City (2024) ==References==