Jude Dibia is a Nigerian-born novelist. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He has a B.A in Modern European Languages (German). Jude Dibia is the author of three well received novels; Walking with Shadows (2005), Unbridled (2007), and Blackbird (2011). Jude’s novels have been described as daring and controversial by readers and critics in and out of Africa. Walking with Shadows is said to be the first Nigerian novel that has a gay man as its central character and that treats his experience with great insight, inviting a positive response to his situation. Unbridled, too, stirred some controversy on its publication; a story that tackled the emancipation of its female protagonist who had suffered from incest and various abuse from men. Unbridled went on to win the 2007 Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose (sponsored by NDDC/ANA) and was a finalist in the 2007 Nigeria Prize for Literature (sponsored by NLNG).
Dibia’s short stories have appeared on various online literary sites including AfricanWriter.com and Halftribe.com. One of Jude’s short stories is included in the anthology One World: A global anthology of short stories along side stories by critically acclaimed writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri. [source [1]]