Speak No Evil

Name: Speak No Evil
ISBN: 9780061284922

by Uzodinma Iweala

Stonewall Book · 2019 · Honor

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HarperCollinsMarch 6, 2018Literary FictionISBN 9780061284922

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Stonewall Book Award	2019	Honor	“Literature honor”

About This Book

Uzodinma Iweala's novel follows a Nigerian-American teenager in Washington, D.C., navigating his homosexuality against his father's fierce opposition. Stonewall Book Award Honor Book for Literature.

About the Author

Uzodinma IwealaNigerian-American

Uzodinma Iweala (born 1982) is a Nigerian-American author, medical doctor, and nonprofit executive best known for his debut novel Beasts of No Nation (2005), which was adapted into an award-winning film, and subsequent works like Speak No Evil (2018) and nonfiction Our Kind of People (2012). He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2004 with a degree in English and American Literature, earned an MD from Columbia in 2011, and has held leadership roles including CEO of The Africa Center.