n.k. jemison. she's won two hugo award, an award won by philip k. dick, isaac azimov and j.k.she is the first black author to win one and only the third person of any race to win them back-to-back. well, thanks for coming back to mobile for me. >> i only came because you asked. >> as soon as i'm of the right age -- sri lanka. >> is in that noticeable? >> the feeling was -- down to the fact that somehow you don't have a southern accent, i feel like you sort of acted like i'm not taking that on. >> you grew up here. you lived here. not like you were coming beak an forth. >> it wasn't that i was chafing to go it was more like i needed to be someone that felt like me. new york felt more like me but not 100%. you know, mobile is always going to be a part of me whether i want it to be or not and since family is here i'll always come back. >> lu of the here more than i did but in new york -- you were the doing the opposite. >> for a few years, yeah, we were swapping places which was frustrating because you were the only person i could talk about about coming books and the latest geek