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Helen Oyeyemi

Also known as Helen Olajumoke Oyeyemi
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Helen Oyeyemi is the author of the story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, along with five novels-- most recently Boy, Snow, Bird, which was a finalist for the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She received a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award and a 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. In 2013, she was named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists.

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White Is for WitchingHelen Oyeyemion 80 shelves
Boy, Snow, BirdHelen Oyeyemion 42 shelves
Mr. FoxHelen Oyeyemion 36 shelves
The Icarus GirlHelen Oyeyemion 34 shelves
GingerbreadHelen Oyeyemion 19 shelves

Known for

Magical RealismContemporary FantasyMythic FantasyThe UncannyWhimsicalMystical

Awards

0 won · 1 shortlisted
FinalistShirley JacksonWhite Is for Witching2010

Details

Born
10 Dec 1984
Country
United Kingdom
First book
The Icarus Girl, 2005

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