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name: H.J. Golakai
about: Hawa Jande Golakai was born in Germany and hails from Liberia, where she spent a lively childhood before the 1990 civil war erupted. She writes crime, speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, magical realism) and is in an unhealthy relationship with all twisted tales. A medical immunologist by training, she still enjoys performing autopsies and investigating peculiar medical cases in her spare time. She now writes full time and moonlights as a literary judge, creative consultant and educator. Golakai is on the Africa39 list of most promising writers under the age of 40. She is the winner of the 2017 Brittle Paper Award for nonfiction, longlisted for the 2019 NOMMO Award for speculative fiction and nominated three times for cri Hawa Jande Golakai was born in Germany and hails from Liberia, where she spent a lively childhood before the 1990 civil war erupted. She writes crime, speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, magical realism) and is in an unhealthy relationship with all twisted tales. A medical immunologist by training, she still enjoys performing autopsies and investigating peculiar medical cases in her spare time. She now writes full time and moonlights as a literary judge, creative consultant and educator. Golakai is on the Africa39 list of most promising writers under the age of 40. She is the winner of the 2017 Brittle Paper Award for nonfiction, longlisted for the 2019 NOMMO Award for speculative fiction and nominated three times for crime fiction. She has written two novels (The Lazarus Effect, The Score). Her articles and short stories have featured in BBC, Granta, Omenana, Cassava Republic, Myriad Editions and other publications. Currently, she lives in Monrovia with her son and too many chickens. ...more