Chioma Okereke bụ onye na-ede abụ, onye ode akwụkwọ na onye edemede nkenke akụkọ Akwụkwọ akụkọ mpụta mbụ ya, Bitter Leaf (2010), ka edepụtara aha maka ihe nrite ndị ode akwụkwọ Commonwealth - Africa Best First Book 2011. A mụrụ Okereke na Benin City, Nigeria. Ọ kwagara Britain mgbe ọ dị afọ isii wee gaa ọtụtụ ụlọ akwụkwọ, tupu ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ nke isii ya na North London Collegiate School na Canons, Middlesex. Okereke gụchara nzere LLB na University College London . Dịka onye na-ede uri na onye edemede nkenke akụkọ nke rụrụ ọrụ na mba ụwa, Okereke mere ka e bipụta ọrụ mbụ ya na Bum Rush The Page na Callaloo akwụkwọ akụkọ. Edepụtara aha ya maka asọmpi ndị ode akwụkwọ a na-achọpụtabeghi n'afọ 2006, ya na maka Daily Telegraph 's Write a Novel in a Year Competition 2007. Ebiputara akwụkwọ akụkọ mpụta ya bụ Bitter Leaf n'afọ 2010 site na Virago Press wee depụta aha ya maka ihe nrite Commonwealth Writers' - Africa Best First Book 2011.