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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is the author of three novels, Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013), of a short story collection, The Thing around Your Neck (2009), and of three books of non-fiction, We Should All Be Feminists (2014), Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017), and Notes on Grief (2021).

She has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2008).

News and Updates
6 December 2023: Bibliography and Online Sources updated.

15 August 2023: Bibliography and Online Sources updated.

7 April 2023: Bibliography and Online Sources updated, including with a link to Chimamanda's recent article in The Atlantic.

31 January 2023: Bibliography and Online Sources updated.

1 December 2022: Bibliography and Online Sources updated, including with a link to Chimamanda's recent Reith Lecture.

28 October 2022: Bibliography, Online Sources, and Awards updated.

23 July 2022: Bibliography, Online Sources, and Awards updated.

2 April 2022: Bibliography and Online Sources updated. Drawing your attention to the forthcoming publication of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first children's books, Mama's Sleeping Scarf (to be published under the penname Nwa James Grace). You can read about it here.

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