Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than 55 languages.

She is the author of the novels PURPLE HIBISCUS, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, which was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Best of the Best” award; AMERICANAH, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK and the essays WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS and DEAR IJEAWELE, OR A FEMINIST MANIFESTO IN FIFTEEN SUGGESTIONS. Her most recent work is an essay about losing her father, NOTES ON GRIEF, and MAMA'S SLEEPING SCARF, a children’s book written as Nwa Grace-James.

A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.

Books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Fiction

From the award-winning author of HALF OF A YELLOW SUN comes a dazzling novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie