Olayinka Yaqub

Writer

Olayinka Yaqub is a Lagos-based, Nigerian writer. His short works of fiction have won the 2021 Sandra Whiteley Prize and the 2023 Awele Creative Trust Award. When he’s not researching creative ways to commit murder (in books, of course), he doubles as a chemical engineering undergrad at the University of Lagos. He’s @olayinka_yaqub across social media.