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Aminatta Forna
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1964
Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest (2002). Since then she has written four novels: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love (2010), The Hired Man (2013) and Happiness (2018). In 2021 she published a collection of essays, The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion. (2021), which was a new genre for her.
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About Aminatta Forna
Birth
1964
First book
2002
Years writing
24
Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest (2002). Since then she has written four novels: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love (2010), The Hired Man (2013) and Happiness (2018). In 2021 she published a collection of essays, The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion. (2021), which was a new genre for her.
Aminatta Forna is a distinguished writer with a dual Scottish and Sierra Leonean heritage.
Her work deeply explores the history and identity of Africa through fiction.
She has published twelve works ranging from novels to journalism and poetry.
Her book The Devil That Danced on the Water is a personal testimony of her family quest.
Her literary talent has been internationally recognized by publications such as the New York Times.
