Biography Intro:

NAME: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani 

DATE OF BIRTH:1976

PLACE OF BIRTH:Enugu

FATHER:Chief Sir Chukwuma Hope Nwaubani

MOTHER:Dame Patricia Uberife Nwaubani

OCCUPATION:Novelist

EDUCATION: She studied Psychology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

PUBLICATIONS: In Fear of Child-Snatchers
Igbo Burials: How Nigerians will Bid Farewell to Achebe
In Nigeria, You’re Either Somebody or Nobody
Reform, in the Name of the Father
Lagos Plane Crash Shakes Nigerians’ Faith in Safe Travel
James Ibori and the Somebodys and Nobodys of Nigeria
My Degree is Better than Yours
Nigerian Tribalism: A Personal Love Story
Nigeria’s Anger at the BBC Welcome to Lagos Film
Where Bad News is No News

HONORS AND AWARDS:She won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (Africa), and a Betty Trask First Book awardand was named by the Washington Post as one of the Best

WHAT HE/SHE IS FAMOUS: Writing