Karen King-Aribisala

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.

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.

She also won grants from the Ford Foundation, British Council, Goethe Institute, and the James Michener Foundation.

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.