Born in London to Yoruba parents, Tade Thompson is a writer best known for his Arthur C Clarke Award- and Nommo Award-winning novel Rosewater, and the Shirley Jackson Award nominated novella The Murders of Molly Southbourne. His novels, novellas and short stories have also been finalists for the Locus Awards, the Hugo Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and the British Science Fiction Award, among others. He lives and works in the United Kingdom.