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Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Born
Adaobi Tricia Obinne Nwaubani
1976 (age 47–48)
Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
Nationality
Nigerian
Occupation
Novelist
Notable work
I Do Not Come To You By Chance (2009)
Website
Official Website
Adaobi Tricia Obinne Nwaubani//ⓘ (born 1976) is a Nigerian novelist, humorist, essayist and journalist.[1] Her debut novel, I Do Not Come To You By Chance,[2] won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Africa),[3][4] a Betty Trask First Book award,[5] and was named by The Washington Post as one of the Best Books of 2009.[6] Her debut Young Adult novel, Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree, based on interviews with girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, was published by HarperCollins in September 2018.[7] It won the 2018 Raven Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment, was named as one of the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults, and is a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2019 selection.[8]
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^Nwaubani, Adaobi Tricia (2009). I Do Not Come to You by Chance. Hachette UK. ISBN 9780297858720.
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^"The Betty Trask Prizes and Awards". The Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^"Best Books of 2009". Washington Post.
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^"Nwaubani is 2018 Raven Award winner". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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