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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria, where she attended medical school for two years at the University of Nigeria before coming to the United States. A 2003 O. Henry Prize winner, Adichie was shortlisted for the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing. Her work has been selected by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the BBC Short Story Awards, and has appeared in various literary publications, including Zoetrope and the Iowa Review. She now divides her time between the U.S. and Nigeria.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Teenage girls Fiction, Children of the rich Fiction, Brothers and sisters Fiction, Fathers and daughters Fiction, Religious fanaticism Fiction, Coups d'âetat Fiction, Nigeria Fiction, Aunts Fiction