Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer and filmmaker. His collection A Killing in the Sun (2014) received critical acclaim, and Where Rivers Go to Die was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award in 2024. He has been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award and the Nommo Award. He founded Ododo Press, a small press focused on speculative fiction and Afrofuturism, with an emphasis on affordable digital distribution across Africa. His solarpunk novella The Blossoming of the Big Tree is forthcoming in July 2026