Irenosen Okojie

Irenosen Iseghohi Okojie (born c. 1983) is a Nigerian-born British novelist and short-story writer based in London, known for incorporating speculative elements and West African heritage into her work. Her notable works include the novels Butterfly Fish (2016, Betty Trask Award winner) and Curandera (2024), and short story collections Speak Gigantular (2016) and Nudibranch (2019), with her story "Grace Jones" winning the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was appointed MBE in 2021 for services to literature, and serves as founder of the Black to the Future festival. Author's site, Black Heroes Foundation