Sefi Atta (an haife ta ne a watan Janairun shekarar 1964) ita ce ta lashe kyauta marubuciya ce Ba'amurken Najeriyar, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubuciyan allo. An fassara littattafanta zuwa yarurruka da yawa, rediyon BBC ya watsa su, kuma an buga wasannin kwaikwayo a kasashen duniya. Kyautar da ta samu sun hada da na 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa da kuma 2009 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. An haifi Sefi Atta a Legas, Najeriya, a cikin Janairu 1964, ga dangin 'ya'ya biyar. Mahaifinta Abdul-Aziz Atta shi ne Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya kuma Shugaban Ma’aikatan Gwamnati har zuwa rasuwarsa a 1972, kuma mahaifiyarta Iyabo Atta ce ta yi rainon ta. Ta halarci Queen's College, Legas, da Makarantar Millfield a Ingila. A shekarar 1985, ta kammala karatun ta na digiri na farko a jami’ar B.A. digiri daga Jami'ar Birmingham. Ta cancanci a matsayin akawun haya a Ingila da kuma CPA a Amurka, inda ta yi ƙaura a 1994. Ta sami MFA daga Jami'ar Antioch a 2001.