Oyinkan Braithwaite

Oyinkan Braithwaite
Born1988 (age 37–38)
Lagos, Nigeria
EducationKingston University
University of Surrey
Iowa Writers' Workshop
OccupationsNovelist, author
Writing career
Period2010–present
Notable workMy Sister, the Serial Killer (2018)

Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988) is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer.[1][2] She was born in Lagos and spent her childhood in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Braithwaite is best known for her 2018 debut novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer.[3]

Life

Braithwaite was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1988. She spent most of her childhood in the UK after her family moved to Southgate, London.[3] She had her primary-school education in London then returned to Lagos when her brother was born in 2001. She studied law and creative writing at the University of Surrey and Kingston University, before moving back to Lagos in 2012.[4][5]

She has worked as an assistant editor in publishing house Kachifo Limited[6] and as a production manager at Ajapa World, an education and entertainment company.[7]

Career

Braithwaite's debut book, My Sister, the Serial Killer, was published by Doubleday Books in 2018 to wide acclaim.[8] Her short stories have appeared in McSweeney's,[9] WePresent, and Amazon Original Stories' Hush Collection.[10]

Braithwaite is also an illustrator,[11] and illustrated the cover of the Nigerian edition of her novel, which was published by Narrative Landscape Publishers.[12]

Her 2025 novel, Cursed Daughters, had a "very different foundation than the thriller My Sister, the Serial Killer, which Braithwaite admits she was eager to get 'as far away from' as she could, according to an interview with Elle.[13]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

  • My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018, ISBN 9781786495983)[29][30]
  • The Baby is Mine (2021, ISBN 9781838952563)[31][32]
  • Cursed Daughters (2025, ISBN 9781805463368)[33][34][35][36]

Others

  • The Twisted Women's Club (2025)[37]
  • The Perfect Crime (2022)[38]
  • McSweeny's 59 (2020)[39]
  • Homeless Bodies and Other Stories (2019)[40][41]

Collections of short stories

  • The Driver (2010)
  • Treasure (2020)[42][43]

Critical studies and reviews of Braithwaite's work

  • Chow-Quesada, Emily (Fall 2024). "The detectives who kill : Black female detectives in the work of Oyinkan Braithwaite and Nnedi Okorafor". Clues. 42 (2): 98–109.[44]

References

  1. ↑ "Oyinkan Braithwaite, Diana Evans listed for $40,000 2019 Women's Prize for Literature". The Punch. May 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ O'Grady, Carrie (January 4, 2019). "My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – a morbidly funny slashfest". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Lea, Richard (January 15, 2019). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's serial-killer thriller: would you help your murderer sister?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Braithwaite, Oyinkan (2019). My Sister, the Serial Killer. Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781786495976.
  5. ↑ Rayo, Adebola (March 27, 2018). "Oyinkan Braithwaite On Waiting For A Dream". The Lady's Room. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ BellaNaija.com (March 27, 2018). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's novel 'My Sister, the Serial Killer' to be made into a Movie". BellaNaija. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ Lea, Richard (May 29, 2019). "Oyinkan Braithwaite: I just had high standards for myself". Gulf News. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ O'Grady, Carrie (January 4, 2019). "My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – a morbidly funny slashfest". The Guardian. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  9. ↑ Braithwaite, Oyinkan (March 16, 2020). "The Last Tattoo". McSweeney's. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Oyinkan Braithwaite's Treasure". The Fiction Addiction. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  11. ↑ Peterson, Angeline (February 25, 2021). "Check Out Oyinkan Braithwaite's Digital Illustration Instagram Page!". Brittle Paper. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  12. ↑ Adebayo, Ayobami (January 11, 2019). "Stuck with Them: An Interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite". LA Review of Books. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  13. ↑ Puckett-Pope, Lauren (November 4, 2025). "With Cursed Daughters, Oyinkan Braithwaite Makes a Deliberate Shift Away From Her Bestselling Debut". Elle. Retrieved November 20, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ↑ "An Interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite – The Reading Lists". Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Oyinkan Braithwaite, a Kingston University graduate in Creative Writing and..." AALBC.com. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ Iwunze-Ibiam, Chioma (April 1, 2016). "Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2016 Shortlist". Creative Writing News. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  17. ↑ Foundation, Commonwealth (May 4, 2016). "2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize". Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced". Los Angeles Times. April 13, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  19. ↑ Passmore, Lynsey (April 28, 2019). "Revealing the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist". Women's Prize. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  20. ↑ Quimby, Carolyn (April 29, 2019). "Women's Prize for Fiction Names 2019 Shortlist". The Millions. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  21. ↑ Wood, Heloise (July 24, 2019). "Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie nominated for 2019 Booker Prize | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  22. ↑ Mansfield, Katie (July 25, 2019). "Braithwaite, Rankin and Wesolowski make Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards shortlist | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  23. ↑ Toor, Mat (March 20, 2020). "British Book Awards 2020: Books of the Year shortlists revealed | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  24. ↑ Flood, Alison (June 30, 2020). "Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  25. ↑ "Harper, McKinty shortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier crime award". Books+Publishing. June 15, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  26. ↑ "British Book Awards: Virginia Giuffre's memoir wins top book prize". www.bbc.com. May 11, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  27. ↑ Strangman, Alice (June 8, 2026). "2026 Ignyte Awards Finalists". Locus. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  28. ↑ https://www.writingafrica.com/ignyte-awards-2026-finalists-announced/
  29. ↑ Williams, S. Zainab (November 25, 2025). "The Only Short Book You Need to Squeeze In at Year's End". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  30. ↑ Braithwaite, Oyinkan (March 19, 2025). "'Like seeing an old friend': Oyinkan Braithwaite on My Sister, the Serial Killer becoming a ballet". The Guardian. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  31. ↑ Feeny, Madeleine (May 13, 2021). "The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite review". The Standard. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  32. ↑ Kan, Toni (January 2, 2022). ""The Baby is Mine": King Solomon of the pandemic -Peju Akande". The Lagos Review. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  33. ↑ Leu, Chelsea (September 22, 2025). "Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite review – a family doomed in love". The Guardian. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  34. ↑ Roach, Mattea (December 17, 2025). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's new novel tests the power of free will against a generations-long curse". CBC. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  35. ↑ Rascoe, Ayesha (November 2, 2025). "Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her novel 'Cursed Daughters'". NPR. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  36. ↑ Nicol, Patricia (September 27, 2025). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's new novel". The Times and The Sunday Times. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  37. ↑ https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/karin-slaughter/twisted-womens-book-club.htm
  38. ↑ "The Perfect Crime: A Diverse Collection Of Gripping Crime Stories For 2022 From Bestselling Thriller Writers Including Oyinkan Braithwaite, Abir Mukherjee And Nadine Matheson - 9780008462369". LibroWorld.com. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  39. ↑ "McSweeney's Issue 59". The McSweeney’s Store. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  40. ↑ https://www.amazon.in/Homeless-Bodies-and-Other-Stories/dp/B08DCRDVVQ
  41. ↑ "Homeless Bodies and Other Stories – Laura Purcell". Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  42. ↑ Fantastic Fiction. "Treasure (Hush, book 2) by Oyinkan Braithwaite". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  43. ↑ Meg (October 30, 2022). "Oyinkan Braithwaite's "Treasure"". The Fiction Addiction. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  44. ↑ Chow-Quesada, Shun Man Emily (September 2024). "The Detectives Who Kill: Black Female Detectives in the Works of Oyinkan Braithwaite and Nnedi Okorafor". Clues: A Journal of Detection. 42 (2): 98–109. ISSN 0742-4248.
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