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Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi (c) Saneesh Sukumaran

Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi (UK) was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to London when she was four. She completed her first novel, The Icarus Girl, just before her 19th birthday and has published two more novels, The Opposite House and White Is for Witching, and two plays, Juniper’s Whitening and Victimese. Oyeyemi’s latest work, Mr. Fox, is a magical novel about a writer whose imaginary muse conjures herself one sunny afternoon and confronts him about his dark denouements, leaving his wife suspicious that he is having an affair.

Upcoming Events

  • Saturday October 29, 2011

    • IFOA Port Hope

      • 7:30 PM
      • Port Hope
      • Trinity College School, Levan Hall

      Cost: $10

      Readings by Anita Rau Badami, Rana Dasgupta,Helen Oyeyemi and Emma Ruby-Sachs, followed by a book signing.

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