Doreen Baingana is a Ugandan short story writer. Her book, Tropical Fish won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Africa, and an AWP Short Fiction Award. [1]
She has graduated from Makerere University with a JD, and from the University of Maryland with an MFA.[2] While at Makerere University Baingana was an active member of FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers Association,[3] which she has referred to as "a literary home of sorts".[4]
Her work has appeared in AGNI,[5] Glimmer Train, African American Review, Callaloo, The Guardian, and Kwani.[6]
She lives in Rockville, Maryland.[7]
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