Fatima Bala

Writer

Fatima Bala writes stories about complicated people making questionable decisions under the watchful eye of culture, family, memory, and occasionally, aunties. She is the bestselling author of Broken: Not a Halal Love Story and Hafsatu Bebi and is known for emotionally sharp fiction set against the textured realities of Northern Nigeria. When she isn’t lecturing or writing, she’s probably playing boardgames, overthinking fictional characters, buying more books than her shelf space allows, or convincing herself that starting another manuscript is a perfectly reasonable life choice. She lives between Nigeria and Canada with her husband and children.