Quick Facts
Biography
Temi Oh (birth name Temitoyen Ochugboju) is a British science fiction author, screenwriter, and neuroscientist.Her debut novel, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, received the 2020 Alex Award.Her second novel, More Perfect, was published in 2023.
Early and personal life
Temi Oh attended university at King's College London, where she studied neuroscience and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree. She subsequently earned an MAfrom the University of Edinburgh.She married her husband Benedict Douglas-Scottand had a daughter in 2022.Temi Oh has also endorsed the use of the Freedom app as a way to increase productivity in an increasingly connected world.
Partial bibliography
Novels
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Temi Oh's debut novel was published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster and was featured in The Guardian's "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Round-up". It was a preliminary nominee for the 2020 Nommo Award and received the American Library Association's 2020 Alex Award. As of 2019, no sequel was planned for the book .
More Perfect
Oh's second full-length novel, published in 2023, is a "dystopian hypersurveillance" tale based on the classic Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice.It took a bit less than eight years to go from her initial idea for the book to publication.
Future Novels
Oh's third and fourth full-length novels will be published by Simon & Schuster UK and Saga Press. The first of these is set to be published in 2026 and is billed as "a family drama set at the end of the world".