Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born Guyana) is a Nigerian novelist, and short story writer. She is a professor of English at the University of Lagos.Karen King-Aribisala page at Peepal Tree Press.
Education She was educated at the International School Ibadan, St. George's British International School, Italy (where she met her husband; Femi Aribisala), and the London Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Works Our Wife and Other Stories, Malthouse Press, 1990, ; Ottawa, Canada: Laurier Books, 2004, Kicking Tongues, Heinemann, 1998, The Hangman's Game, Peepal Tree, 2007, Bitter Leafing Woman and Other Stories, Malthouse Press, 2017.
Prizes and awards Her collection of stories, Our Wife and Other Stories won the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book Africa, and her novel The Hangman's Game won 2008 Best Book Africa.Commonwealth Prize - Regional Winners for Best Book Category (1988–2010). AfricaBookClub.com.
She also won grants from the Ford Foundation, British Council, Goethe Institute, and the James Michener Foundation."Africa in the African Diaspora : New Insights into the Diffusion of African Identity and Cultural Forms". 2003–2005 Mellon Grant Workshop Series Supported by the UW Center for the Humanities.
Anthologies
Reviews Frank Birbalsingh, , Guyana Journal, November 2008. "A review of Karen King-Aribisala's The Hangman's Game" , The Signifyin' Woman, 19 April 2008.
References
External links "Conversation with Karen Ann King-Aribisala", Nigerians in America, Ronnie Uzoig, 04/10/2003