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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is best known for her novels, poems and short stories, which are often set in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, where she was raised. By the age of 13, Adichie had started analysing stories by her father James Nwoye Adichie, including ones about Biafra. At 20, she made her debut as a published writer with the 1997 poetry collection Decisions, followed by a play, For the Love of Biafra, in 1998. She gained critical recognition with the release of her first novel Purple Hibiscus, published in the United States on 30 October 2003 by Algonquin Books. Adichie is a prolific writer of short stories, many of which were compiled in her collection The Thing Around Your Neck, published in 2009. Among the many accolades that Adichie has earned for her works are the National Book Critics Circle Award, MacArthur Fellowship, and induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (Full list...)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie