Ifeoma Okoye (wataƙila an haifeta a 1937) magoya baya sun kira ta "mafi mahimmancin marubuciyar mata daga Najeriya bayan Flora Nwapa da Buchi Emecheta ," a cewar Oyekan Owomoyela. An haife ta a Jihar Anambra a Yankin Gabashin Najeriya. Ta tafi makaranta a Kwalejin St. Monica da ke Ogbunike don samun shaidar koyarwa a 1959. Daga nan ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Najeriya da ke Nsukka don samun digirin digirgir a fannin Ingilishi a 1977. Ta rubuta litattafai ciki har da Bayan girgije, litattafan yara da gajerun labarai, kamar The Village Boy da Eme Goes School. Wataƙila an haife Ifeoma Okoye a 1937 a Jihar Anambra, Najeriya; ba a san ainihin ranar da aka haife ta ba. Ta je makaranta a Kwalejin St. Monica da ke Ogbunike kuma ta sami takardar koyarwa. Sannan ta koyar a kwalejin St. Monica na tsawon shekaru biyu. A tsakanin shekarun 1963 zuwa 1967, ta halarci makarantar All Saints International School a Enugu . Ta gudanar da makarantar gandun daji a Enugu daga 1971 zuwa 1974.  Daga 1974 zuwa 1977, Okoye ta tafi karatu a Jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka, inda ta samu Digiri na farko a fannin Turanci.