Uchechukwu Nwaka is an Igbo medical student at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His works have appeared in PodCastle, Escape Pod, Fusion Fragment, FIYAH, Omenana, and Brittle Paper, among others. He won the Locus Award for Best Novelette (“The Rainbow Bank”, Giganotosaurus) in 2024. His work has also been a finalist for the Utopia Award and long-listed for a BSFA Award. When he’s not writing short fiction or working on his new novella, he can be found reading manga, streaming TV shows, playing amateur volleyball, or trying to catch up with his endless schoolwork.