Simi Bedford Yar Najeriya ce wadda ta Sami kyautar Novel mazauniyar Birtaniya. Littafinta mai suna Yoruba Girl Dancing wanda aka wallafa shi a shekarar 1991, labari na wata matashiyar Najeriya wadda aka tura ta zuwa Ingila domin nemo karatu, ya Samu karbuwa sosai Kuma ya zama kanun labari na Shirin BBC Radio 4. Littafinta na biyu mai suna, Not With Silver, an wallafa shi ne a shekarar 2007. An haifi Bedford a Lagos, Najeriya, iyayen ta sunzo ne daga Sierra Leone. Asalin kakanni ta yan Najeriya ne da suka kubuta daga jirgin ruwan jigilar bayi. Bedford ta kwashe kuruciyar ta a Lagos, kafin a tura ta zuwa karatu a Birtaniya, inda tayi makarantar kwana a lokacin tana shekara shida Ta karant Lauya a jami'ar Durham University, tayi aiki a kafafen sadarwa a matsayin mai gabatar da shiri a gidan rediyo da talabijin. Living in London, she married and raised three children. She is now divorced from her artist husband, Martin Bedford, but they still maintain a friendly relationship, even sharing space together in a house in Devon.