Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Oyinkan Braithwaite
Born1988
Lagos, Nigeria
OccupationNovelist, Author
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater Kingston University
University of Surrey
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Period2010 - present
Notable works My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988) is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. [1] [2] She was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the UK. Braithwaite is best known for her debut novel My Sister, the Serial Killer . [3]

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Life

Braithwaite was born in Lagos in 1988. She spent most of her childhood in the UK after her family moved to Southgate, London. [3] She had her primary school education in London then returned to Lagos when her brother was born in 2001. She studied law and creative writing at University of Surrey and Kingston University before moving back to Lagos in 2012. [4] [5]

She has worked as an assistant editor in publishing house Kachifo Limited [6] and as a production manager at Ajapa World, an education and entertainment company. [7]

Career

Braithwaite's debut book, My Sister, the Serial Killer , was published by Doubleday Books in 2018 to wide acclaim. [8] Her short stories have appeared in McSweeney's, [9] WePresent, and Amazon Original Stories' Hush Collection. [10]

Braithwaite is also an illustrator, [11] and she illustrated the cover of the Nigerian edition of her novel, which was published by Narrative Landscape Publishers. [12]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

Collections of short stories

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