Chika Unigwe

Writer

Chika Unigwe is professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College and the author of several celebrated works of fiction, including On Black Sister’s Street, which won the NLNG prize for Literature, the short story collection Better Never Than Late, and most recently the novels The Middle Daughter, and Grace. In 2004 she was shortlisted for the Caine prize for African Writing. She is the recipient of several other awards for her writing, including first prize in the 2003 BBC Short Story Competition, and a Commonwealth Short Story Competition award. She lives in Belgium with her husband and four children.