Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Author
- Bio: Born in 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria; lost family members and possessions during the Nigerian Civil War; attended the University of Nigeria before arriving in the US to study at Drexel University in Philadelphia and the Eastern Connecticut State University; later attended Johns Hopkins University for creative writing; awarded 16 honorary degrees from prestigious colleges and universities and earned the Macarthur Fellowship “Genius grant” honor (2008); inspired and influenced by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe; has given several TEDx talks on cultural understating, feminism, and the influence of background and history on individuals
- Other Works: Purple Hibiscus (2003); Americanah (2013); We Should All Be Feminists (2014)
- Awards: O. Henry Prize (2003); Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2004); Commonwealth Writer’s Prize (2005); Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (2007); Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007); “Best of the Best” Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (2015)