Writer + Community Organizer + Teacher

Maurice Broaddus

Maurice Broaddus

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The resident Afrofuturist at the Khewprw Institute and editor at Apex Magazine, his work has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, Magazine of F&SF, Uncanny Magazine, & Beneath Ceaseless Skies (some stories collected in The Voices of Martyrs). His books include Unfadeable, Pimp My Airship, Buffalo Soldier, and The Usual Suspects. (MauriceBroaddus.com.)



Works



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“The Norwood Trouble”


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“Kindred Spirits”


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“Everyone’s Hero”


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The Knights of Breton Court


From acclaimed novelist Maurice Broaddus, an omnibus edition of the cycle described as “The Wire meets Excalibur”: The Knights of Breton Court retells the saga of Arthur and Camelot on the pitiless streets of modern Indianapolis, where greed, desperation, and honor fuel bloodshed in a cycle that seems unstoppable. Until one man gathers his brethren around him and changes their world forever…

And when elf assassins, undead addicts, and rampaging elementals emerge to threaten the neighborhood King calls home, he has to consider whether Merle is right about other things too. Like that the better future King yearns to fight for is possible. That the hearts that come together around their scarred cable spool of a round table can overcome dragonsmoke and kidnapping, deadly standoffs, teenage nihilism, and the wounds of grief that never heal. That courage, wisdom, and mercy can still win the day.

All it will take to make it true is everything.

Brutal, comic, grand, and unflinching, The Knights of Breton Court channels the power of ancient myth into an action-packed epic for our time.

Includes King Maker, King's Justice, and King's War.


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Black Panther: T'Challa Declassified



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Breath of Oblivion


Coming December 2024


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The Usual Suspects


Fans of Jason Reynolds and Sharon M. Draper will love this oh-so-honest middle grade novel from writer and educator Maurice Broaddus. 2019


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Sweep of Stars


"Richly detailed and intricately plotted, with descriptions of advanced biotechnology, a close investigation into African diasporic culture, and complicated lead characters, Broaddus' first novel in the Astra Black series will draw in readers of epic science fiction." –Booklist, Starred review!

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unfadeable