Congrats to Chibundu Onuzo a Nigerian born student and writer who just inked a 2-book publishing deal, her first, with London based publisher,
Capel & Land. Chibundu is from Nigerian but moved to the UK four years ago. Her parents are doctors who had the smarts to enroll her in the UK's King's College London where she studies history. Her first novel was a student effort called
The Spider King's Daughter, which according to the publisher's website, "is the tale of an unlikely friendship between a male street hawker and a daughter of the corrupt elite that struggles to establish itself amidst the prejudices of Nigerian society". They also note that it "is at once a darkly humorous coming of age tale and the story of a country torn between its past, its future, and the choices it faces". In addition, they state that "Faber will publish
The Spider King's Daughter in Summer 2011". And, that, "Chibundu’s second novel, to be published by Faber in Summer 2012, follows two soldiers during the Niger Delta conflict".
Woo-hoo! There's hope for us all! [
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How wonderful for her! She must be very talented. We need more stories like this.
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