About the Interviewee: “Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, International bestselling, & Award-winning author of ACE OF SPADES, WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE and FOUR EIDS AND A FUNERAL. She has also written stories for Marvel’s Spider-Verse and BBC’s Doctor Who. In 2026 she was selected for the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 list. In 2024 she was a world book day author with her title THE DOOMSDAY DATE. Faridah is a Morris Award 2022 Finalist, the winner of the Books Are My Bag 2021 Reader’s Award for Young Adult Fiction, and the winner of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards in the Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens. She has also written for The New York Times, NME, The Bookseller, Readers Digest and gal-dem” (Bio from author’s website).
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