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Chibundu Onuzo

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Imachibundu Oluwadara "Chibundu" Onuzo (born 1991) is a Nigerian novelist, Her first novel, The Spider King's Daughter, won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Etisalat Prize for Literature.[1]

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Nigeria in 1991, the youngest of four children, of parents who are doctors, and grew up there in Lagos.[2][3]

Onuzo has a bachelor's degree in history from King's College London,[4][1] and a master's degree in public policy from University College London.[5] As of 2017, she is studying for a PhD at King's College London.[6]

Selected works

  • The Spider King's Daughter (2012)
  • Welcome to Lagos (2016)

References

  1. ^ a b "Author Chibundu Onuzo: 'Don't let anyone tell you that you're too young to contribute'". Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Chibundu Onuzo | Authors | Faber & Faber". Faber.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Chibundu Onuzo: The Spider King's Daughter". Ucl.ac.uk. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Chibundu Onuzo on The Spider King's Daughter - King's Alumni Community". Alumni.kcl.ac.uk. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Chibundu Onuzo: The Spider King's Daughter". Ucl.ac.uk. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. ^ Anita Sethi. "Chibundu Onuzo: 'I love Lagos, but it is not a place you can romanticise' | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2017.