Oyinkan
Braithwaite

Oyinkan Braithwaite is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. She was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Braithwaite is best known for her 2018 debut novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer.

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2020

Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister the Serial Killer

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