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ⓘ About Dilman Dila
Dilman Dila is a Ugandan author, filmmaker, and social activist. He is famously known for A Killing in the Sun- a short story collections and two other novellas, The Terminal Move and Cranes Crest at Sunset. A Killing in the Sun was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2013 and longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize in 2013. In 2008, Dila was nominated for the Million Writers Award for his short story Homecoming. Dila’s film The Felistas Fable won four awards in 2014 at the Uganda Film Festivals. The film also won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Make-up Artist and First Feature by a Director. Dila has won and also been nominated for other notable awards.
All Book Series by Dilman Dila
AfroSF
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2012 Anthology · Tendai Huchu,Nnedi Okorafor,Tade Thompson,Sarah Lotz,Chinelo Onwualu,Nick Wood,Ivor W. Hartmann,Cristy Zinn,Ashley Jacobs
John's Eyes
Series opener · book 1 of 26 · published 2021 Anthology · Joanna Corrance
Dread and The Broken Witch
Book 3 of 26 · published 2021 Anthology · Andrew Wallace
The Queen of the High Fields
Book 7 of 26 · published 2022 Anthology · Rhiannon A Grist
The Chancels of Mainz
Book 10 of 26 · published 2022 Anthology · Russell Hemmell
The Moment You Remember, You Forget
Book 13 of 26 · published 2022 Anthology · Tiffany Jimenez
Ashes of the Ancestors
Book 14 of 26 · published 2023 Anthology · Andrew Knighton
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Book 18 of 26 · published 2023 Anthology · LK Kitney
The Carrying Capacity of Paradise
Book 23 of 26 · published 2025 Anthology · Deborah L. Davitt
In This City, Where it Rains
Book 25 of 26 · published 2026 Anthology · Lyndsey Croal
All That Is in the Earth
Latest in the series · book 26 of 26 · published 2026 Anthology · Andrew Knighton
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora
Book 9 of 12 · published 2020
The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)
Book 10 of 12 · published 2021
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
Book 11 of 12 · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Dilman Dila?
Dilman Dila is a Ugandan author, filmmaker, and social activist. He is famously known for A Killing in the Sun- a short story collections and two other novellas, The Terminal Move and Cranes Crest at Sunset. A Killing in the Sun was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2013 and longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize in 2013.
Which Dilman Dila series should I start with?
The best place to start is the AfroSF series, the earliest of Dilman Dila's multi-book series: it opens with AfroSF (2012) and runs to 3 books across 2012–2018, ending with AfroSFv3 (2018). Dilman Dila's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Dilman Dila written?
Dilman Dila has 46 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2026. 29 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Luna Novella series with 26 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Dilman Dila's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dilman Dila's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are AfroSF (2012–2018, 3 books) and Luna Novella (2021–2026, 26 books).
How are Dilman Dila's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dilman Dila's 46 books into 2 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Luna Novella (26 books, 2021–2026); AfroSF (3 books, 2012–2018).