She studied law and creative writing at Surrey University and Kingston University before moving back to Lagos in 2012. She had her primary school education in London then returned to Lagos when her brother was born in 2001. She spent most of her childhood in the UK after her family moved to Southgate in north London.

She was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the UK.īraithwaite was born in Lagos in 1988. R.Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988) is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. “The best epic fantasy I read last year… He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.” - George R. But action is secondary to atmosphere: Onuzo excels at evoking a stratified city, where society weddings feature ‘ice sculptures as cold as the unmarried belles’ and thugs write tidy receipts for kickbacks extorted from homeless travelers.” ― The New Yorker This epic feels so vital and fresh.” ― The Guardian “Entertaining… Sleeping Beauties is a bulging, colourful epic a super-sized happy meal, liberally salted with supporting characters and garnished with splashes of arterial ketchup. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King I learned what a kindred spirit was from Anne. I was about 13 and it had made a massive impression on me.Īnne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Sometimes stories make me cry, but this is the first book that I had to put down, so that I could retreat to a corner of the room, sink to the floor and weep.

And I keep expecting my feelings toward it to change as I grow older, but, my love for it has yet to waver. I have loved this book since I was a child. If you had to choose three to five of your favorite books of all time, what would they be and why? I also wanted to use the story as an opportunity to explore my feelings and society’s feelings toward beauty and perfection. The fact that nature had this dynamic was interesting and so the concept stuck with me. It was funny because the males weren’t supposed to be prey. I found this idea that the female would eat the males if she was hungry and they happened to be close to be quite funny. The creature, the black widow spider, was the first inspiration. Grab your copy of My Sister, the Serial Killer now! What was the inspiration behind My Sister, the Serial Killer?

Keep reading to learn more about the woman behind My Sister, the Serial Killer. We are excited to have the chance to ask Oyinkan some of our top questions so that our readers can get to know the new author better. Oyinkan Braithwaite has just released her popular debut novel My Sister, the Serial Killer, receiving great praise for the unique storyline and twisted sister relationship.