Chibundu Onuzo

Imachibundu Oluwadara “Chibundu” Onuzo is a Nigerian novelist, Her first novel, The Spider King’s Daughter, won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Etisalat Prize for Literature.

Onuzo was born in Nigeria and grew up there in Lagos.

Onuzo has a bachelor’s degree in history from King’s College London, and a master’s degree in public policy from University College London. As of 2017, she is studying for a PhD at King’s College London.