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Butterfly Fish

by Irenosen Okojie

Betty Trask · 2016 · Winner
Science Fiction & FantasyISBN 9781914344114

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Betty Trask Award2016Winner

About the Author

Irenosen OkojieNigerian-British

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. Read more →

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