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Helen Oyeyemi

Author of Boy, Snow, Bird

Includes the names: H. Oyeyemi, Helen Oyeyemi, Helen Oyeyemi, Hellen Oyeyemi

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Helen Oyeyemi was born on December 10, 1984 in Nigeria. She attended Corpus Christie College and later graduated form Cambridge University in 2006. She has authored seven books including: Boy, Snow, Bird, What is Not Yours in Not Yours, Mr. Fox and The Icarus Girl. She won the PEN/Open Book Award in 2017 for "What is Not Yours is Not Yours". (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Boy, Snow, Bird… (more)
Boy, Snow, Bird 1,709 copies, 109 reviews
White is for Witching 1,076 copies, 48 reviews
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours 1,066 copies, 38 reviews
Mr. Fox 974 copies, 43 reviews
The Icarus Girl 893 copies, 28 reviews
Gingerbread 727 copies, 31 reviews
Peaces 253 copies, 10 reviews
The Opposite House 235 copies, 6 reviews
Perník 1 copy
Thus were their faces (Introduction, some editions) 313 copies, 9 reviews
Granta 129: Fate (Contributor) 56 copies, 1 review
Anonymous Sex (Contributor) 45 copies, 4 reviews
When Rain Clouds Gather AND Maru (Introduction, some editions) 37 copies, 1 review
African Love Stories: An Anthology (Contributor) 35 copies, 1 review
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