Temi Oh

{{Short description|British science fiction author, screenwriter and neuroscientist}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Temi Oh

| birth_place = London, U.K.

| occupation = {{hlist|Novelist}}

| genre = {{Hlist|Science fiction}}

| education = King's College London (BSci) University of Edinburgh (MA)

| language = English

| website = {{URL|https://www.theonlytemioh.com/}}

}}

Temi Oh (born Temitoyen Ochugboju{{cite web|title=Summary Bibliography: Temi Oh|url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Temi_Oh|work=The Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=October 31, 2023}}) is a British science fiction author, screenwriter, and neuroscientist of Nigerian descent. Her debut novel, Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, received the 2020 Alex Award. Her second novel, More Perfect, was published in 2023.

== Career ==

Oh was born in 1993 in London, to Nigerian parents. She did her secondary education at Bishop Thomas Grant and Emanuel School, Battersea. She attended university at King's College London, where she studied neuroscience and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree.{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Heloise|title=S&S buy two from Neuroscience graduate |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/ss-buy-two-books-neuroscience-graduate-567811|work=The Bookseller|access-date=October 31, 2023}}

She subsequently earned an MA from the University of Edinburgh.{{cite web|title=Temi Oh: About the Author|url=https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Temi-Oh/100291110|work=Simon & Schuster|access-date=October 31, 2023}} She married her husband Benedict Douglas-Scott {{cite web|first=Kuhelika|last=Ghosh|title=British-Nigerian Author Temi Oh is a New Mom to a Baby Girl!|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2022/10/british-nigerian-author-temi-oh-is-a-new-mom-to-a-baby-girl/|work=Brittle Paper|access-date=November 4, 2023|date=October 14, 2022}} and 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.

Her debut novel Do You Dream of Terra-Two? was published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster and was featured in The Guardian's "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Roundup".{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Eric|title=The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/15/science-fiction-fantasy-review-roundup?CMP=share_btn_tw|work=The Guardian|date=15 March 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2023}} It was a preliminary nominee for the 2020 Nommo Award{{cite web|title=Award Category: Best Novel (Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction)|url=https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/award_category.cgi?726+1|work=The Internet Speculative Fiction Database

|access-date=November 1, 2023}}

and received the American Library Association's 2020 Alex Award. As of 2019, no sequel was planned for the book.{{cite web|last=Nyamor|first=Enos|title=On Space Travel, and Dreams of the Garden of Eden|url=https://schloss-post.com/on-space-travel-and-dreams-of-the-garden-of-eden/|work=Schloss-Post|access-date=November 4, 2023|date=June 12, 2019}}

More Perfect, Oh's second novel, published in 2023, is a "dystopian hypersurveillance" tale based on the classic Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice.{{cite web|last=Ong|first=Alexis|title=Love in a Surveillance State: 'More Perfect' by Temi Oh|url=https://www.tor.com/2023/08/15/book-review-more-perfect-by-temi-oh/|work=Tor|date=15 August 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023}} It took a bit less than eight years to go from her initial idea for the book to publication.{{cite web|last=Brewer|first=Robert|title=Temi Oh: On Untangling Two Reactions to the Same Idea|url=https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/temi-oh-on-untangling-two-reactions-to-the-same-idea|work=Writer's Digest|date=16 August 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2023}}

She has also authored tie-in short fiction connected to Black Panther, Doctor Who and Overwatch 2.

Oh's third and fourth novels are scheduled to 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".{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Heloise|title=S&S UK clinches Oh's next two novels|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/ss-uk-clinches-ohs-next-two-novels|work=The Bookseller|access-date=November 4, 2023|date=August 24, 2023}}