Oyinkan Braithwaite
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.
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| Born | 1988 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Novelist, Author |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Kingston University Surrey University Iowa Writers' Workshop |
| Period | 2010s |
| Notable works | My Sister, the Serial Killer |
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Life
Braithwaite was born in Lagos in 1988 then spent most of her childhood in the UK when her family moved to Southgate in north 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 Surrey University and Kingston University before moving back to Lagos in 2012.[4][5]
She has worked as an assistant editor in publishing house Kachifo.[6]
Writing career
Braithwaite's debut book, My Sister, the Serial Killer, was published by Doubleday Books in 2018 to wide acclaim.[7]
Awards and nominations
- 2014: Shortlisted as a top ten spoken word artist in the Eko Poetry Slam
- 2016: Nominated for the Commonwealth Short Story prize
- 2019: Winner for LA Times Award for Best Crime Thriller in 2019
- 2019: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2019
- 2019: Longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2019[8]
- 2019: Shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards[9]
- 2020: Winner, 2020 Crime and Thriller Book of the Year in the British Book Awards[10][11]
- 2020: Shortlisted for the 2020 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award[12]
Bibliography
- The Driver (2010) – short stories
- My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018) – novel
References
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- Published. "Oyinkan Braithwaite, Diana Evans listed for $40,000 2019 Women's Prize for Literature". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- O'Grady, Carrie (January 4, 2019). "My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – a morbidly funny slashfest". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- Lea, Richard (January 15, 2019). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's serial-killer thriller: would you help your murderer sister?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- Braithwaite, Oyinkan (2019). My Sister, the Serial Killer. Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781786495976.
- "Oyinkan Braithwaite On Waiting For A Dream". The Lady's Room. March 27, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- BellaNaija.com (March 27, 2018). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's novel "My Sister, the Serial Killer" to be made into a Movie". BellaNaija. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- O'Grady, Carrie (January 4, 2019). "My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – a morbidly funny slashfest". The Guardian. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- Heloise Wood (July 24, 2019). "Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie nominated for 2019 Booker Prize | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- "Braithwaite, Rankin and Wesolowski make Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards shortlist | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- "British Book Awards 2020: Books of the Year shortlists revealed | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- Flood, Alison (June 30, 2020). "Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- "Harper, McKinty shortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier crime award". Books+Publishing. June 15, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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