Bisi Adjapon is the author of The Teller of Secrets (first published as Of Women and Frogs), A Washington Post, Essence, ALA, Boston Globe, Ms Magazine's top 20 novel in November 2021. Her second novel, Daughter in Exile, was released January 2023. Her work has featured in publications including McSweeney's Quarterly, Aljazeera, New York Times and Washington Times.
Bisi founded and ran the Young Shakespeare company for four years in America, and, as an International Affairs Specialist for the US Foreign Service, won the Civil Rights Award for Human Relations.
Bisi divides her time between the USA and Ghana.
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