Michael Donkor

Michael Donkor (born 1985) is a British author and English teacher based in London. He is represented by Blake Friedmann and Fourth Estate.

Early life and education Donkor was born in 1985 in London to a Ghanaian household. He completed his bachelor's degree in English at Wadham College, Oxford, as well as a master's in Creative Writing at University of London. At the University of Oxford, he was one of only 21 black students in his year. At the University of London, he was supervised by Andrew Motion. He is inspired by Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Toni Morrison. It follows the stories of three teenage girls from Kumasi, Ghana, to Brixton, London, in 2002, and has been described as a coming-of-age novel. Among those who praised Donkor's work were Diana Evans, Jeffrey Boakye and Courttia Newland.