She’s the daughter of Nigerian parents, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and a globally recognized expert on grassroots resistance to extremism in African nations. Okeowo’s brand of solutions-oriented conflict zone reporting is exemplified in her latest book, A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa — which just picked up the 2018 PEN America Literary Award! This literary honor celebrates authors of color for groundbreaking books in any genre.