Jordan Ifueko

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-13

Jordan Ifueko is a Nigerian American writer born August 16, 1993, in Southern California, raised on West African folktales told by her Yoruba mother, with a father of Bini ethnicity. She was homeschooled by her parents and later attended George Fox University in Oregon. Her early writing included Jane Austen-inspired Neopets fanfiction serialized in The Neopian Times in 2008, and she later contributed to Marvel's Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur comic in 2022. Her career as a novelist began with the 2019/2020 debut of Raybearer, a New York Times bestseller, followed by its sequel Redemptor and a third book set in the same world, The Maid and the Crocodile (2024). Her novels have received Andre Norton Award, Ignyte Award, and Lodestar Award nominations, along with ALA Amazing Audiobooks and Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults recognition, and a Netflix television adaptation of Raybearer was announced in 2021.

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Books

• Raybearer (2020) · Raybearer Core Canon
• Redemptor (2021) · Raybearer Core Canon
• The Maid and the Crocodile (2024) · Raybearer Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (1 won, 1 nomination)

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