
Gorgeous SFF Covers Featuring Women of Color
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My birthday treat was to take myself to my local indie for a brand new book and an amazing orange pecan roll. While browsing the SFF section, I noticed a good number of SFF covers featuring BAMF women of color. This in a genre that only focused on creators and stories of a small demographic for a very long time. A demographic who, as the Sad/Rabid Puppies, tried to pull back the Hugos from broadening as the readers and creators continue to diversify.
Now: the Rabid Puppies have been put down (’cause that’s what you do with a rabid dog). Kelly Marie Tran is going to be Rose Tica in this year’s Star Wars movie. Jessica Williams is going to be in the next Fantastic Beasts movie. N.K. Jemisin is queening it with her double Hugos. And all I want to do is gaze at science fiction and fantasy books with awesome women of color on the cover. *denotes author of color*Kindred by Octavia Butler
*Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler
*Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus
*Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
*Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel Jose Older*The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
*An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
*A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir *A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir