Masquerade

British Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2025 · WinnerBritish Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2024 · Winner

Del ReyAugust 6, 2024sffISBN 9780593722114

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2025	Winner	“O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade won the Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel for its assured debut voice, its Yoruba-mythology world-building, and its significant contribution to African-inspired fantasy.”
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2024	Winner	“O.O. Sangoyomi's Yoruba mythology-inspired debut won for its vivid secondary world, its confident voice, and its contribution to the expanding range of African mythology entering mainstream genre fiction.”

About This Book

Drawing on Yoruba mythology, this debut novel follows a young woman navigating the dangerous politics between gods, spirits, and humans in a richly imagined West African-inspired secondary world.

About the Author

O. O. SangoyomiUS

O.O. Sangoyomi is a Nigerian-American author who won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Masquerade (2025), her debut novel. Masquerade draws on Yoruba mythology and culture to tell a story of gods, mortals, and the power of storytelling in a richly imagined secondary world inspired by West Africa. Read more →

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