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Irenosen Okojie

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Irenosen Iseghohi Okojie FRSL is a Nigerian-born novelist and short-story writer working in London, England. Her stories incorporate speculative elements and also make use of her West African heritage. Her first novel, Butterfly Fish, won a Betty Trask Award in 2016, and her story "Grace Jones" won the 2020 Caine Prize for African Writing.

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