francesca ekwuyasi (she/her) is a learner, storyteller and multidisciplinary artist from Lagos, Nigeria. Her work has explored themes of faith, family, queerness, consumption, loneliness, and belonging. francesca's debut novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread was longlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize and the 2022 Dublin Literary Award, it was a finalist for CBC's 2021 Canada Reads competition, the 2021 Lambda Literary Award, the 2021 Governor General's Award, and the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. ​Her writing has been published in Winter Tangerine Review, Brittle Paper, Transition Magazine, the Malahat Review, Visual Art News, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, GUTS magazine, the Puritan, Canadian Art, and elsewhere. Her story Ọrun is Heaven was longlisted for the 2019 Journey Prize. Instagram - @f.ekwuyasi

Website - www.ekwuyasi.com