Kiru Taye

Kiru Taye is a Nigerian writer, who specializes in romance novels.

Kiru Taye
ResidenceUnited Kingdom
NationalityNigerian
GenreRomance
Notable awards2015 Romance Writer of the Year at Nigeria Writer Awards

Career

Taye began writing romantic novels after her inability to find localized romantic novels.[1] In 2015, Taye wrote a short story, Lunch with Ifemelu, which she claims was inspired from Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The story is centered on Obinze, a married man who intends to have an affair with an old admirer, Ifemelu.[2]

In 2017, she was listed as the 3rd best selling Nigerian authors by Okadabooks.[3][4] Notwithstanding, in a 2017 blogpost on Brittle Paper, she decried how it is an uphill task for her to increase readership for her writings.[5] In June 2018, her books were the subject of an exploratory discussion on the genesis and acceptance of pleasurable sex among Africans, and the role of novelist in documenting it. Excerpts from Taye's book, His treasure was investigated in the publication.[6]

Books
  • An Engagement challenge (2012)
  • Keeping Secrets (2014)
  • Making Scandal (2014)
  • Riding Rebel (2015)
  • Bound to Fate (2016)
  • Bound to Ransom (2016)
  • Bound to Passion (2016)
  • Bound to Favor (2018)

Awards

In 2017, she won the UFERE Awards as the 2017 Author of the year. [7]

References
  1. "Kiru Taye : A Romance And Exotic Writer Speaks". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. annetijie (February 27, 2015). "Fiction Friday: "Lunch with Ifemelu" – Erotic Fan Fiction Based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah". Sunday Times South Africa. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  3. "The Top 6 Bestselling OkadaBooks Authors For The Year 2016. #4 Is Quite Interesting". Bellanaija. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  4. "Toni Kan: This is the age of the writer". Daily Sun.
  5. "British-Nigerian Erotica Writer Kiru Taye Opens Up About the Difficulty of Finding an Audience". August 23, 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  6. "Africa: The Limits of Imagining Pleasure - Writing the History of African Sex". This is Africa. June 8, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  7. "RWOWA Announcing UFERE Awards". February 20, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
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