Author: Léonora Miano

Born in Douala, Cameroon, in 1973, Léonora Miano is one of the most important voices in francophone literature. Novelist, playwright and essayist, she is the author of nearly twenty books in which she explores singular and universal experiences of sub-Saharan or Afro-descendant peoples. She received France’s Prix Fémina and the Grand Prix du Roman Métis in 2013 for her novel Season of the Shadow. Miano conceptualized and curates the Quilombola series of books published by Seagull Books, and is also the founder and director of Quilombo Publishing based in Lomé, Togo.