Writer + Community Organizer + Teacher

Maurice Broaddus

Maurice Broaddus

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An Award-Winning Afrofuturist, editor, and librarian, Maurice Broaddus has had over a hundred short stories published in such places as Lightspeed Magazine, Black Panther: Tales from Wakanda, Out There Screaming (edited by Jordan Peele), The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand, Asimov’s, Weird Tales, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Apex Magazine. With over a dozen novels in print, his latest include Sweep of Stars, Breath of Oblivion, A City Dreaming, Black Panther: T’Challa Declassified, & Unfadeable. Some of his short stories have been collected in The Voices of Martyrs. Learn more at MauriceBroaddus.com

COMING SOON 

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Hard Times

Maurice Broaddus and Wayne Brady

Erewhon books - hardcover - march 30, 2027






SELECT AVAILABLE WORKS


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A City Dreaming

Trilogy - Astra Black 3

Soon - Tor Books - Hard Cover -June 2026


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Breath of Oblibion

Trilogy - Astra Black 2

Soon - Tor Books - Paperback - Jan 20, 2026

Tor Books - Hard Cover - November 12, 2024


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Sweep of stars

Trilogy - Astra Black 1

 Tor Books - Paperback - February 28, 2023

Tor Books - Hard Cover - March 29, 2022



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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"Abigail's Gethsame"

Maurice Broaddus & Wayne Brady

The end of the world as we know it

Gallery Books - Hard Cover - Aug 19, 2025



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"The Norwood trouble"

Out there Screaming (Edited by Jordan Peele)

Random House - Hard Cover - OCt 03, 2023



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Black Panther: T'Challa Declassified

Smart Pop - Paperback - April 09, 2024


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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The Voices of Martyrs

Paperback - December 16, 2025

Rosarium  - February 28, 2017


"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

Harper Collins - Hardcover - May 10, 2022



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The Knights of Breton Court

Trilogy - all 3 books in one

Paperback- January 09, 2024

Trilogy - all 3 books in one

Paperback- September 25, 2012

Angry robot - #3 Kings war - OCt 25, 2011

Angry robot - #2 Kings Justice - Jan 01, 2011

Angry robot - #1 King Maker - March 01, 2010



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