Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977), is a Nigerian writer. She was born in the university town of Nsukka in south-eastern Nigeria, where the University of Nigeria is situated. While she was growing up, her father was the Vice-Chancellor of the University, and her mother was also employed there as a lecturer. At the age of 19, she left Nigeria and moved to the United States. After studying at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Chimamanda transferred to Eastern Connecticut State University, to live closer to her sister; who has a medical practice in Coventry, and to continue studying communications and political science. She got her university degree from Eastern, where she graduated summa cum laude in 2001. She recently completed a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, was published in 2003. Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun (named after one of her short stories), is set before and during the Biafran War. It is to be published by Knopf/Anchor.

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• Short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called "Half of a Yellow Sun"
• Article from The Guardian about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reaching the shortlist of the Orange
• The Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Website
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the Internet Book List