AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

Abimbola Dare

Abimbola Dare was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She started writing as Bimbylads the blogger, in 2006 before she turned her passion to writing what she calls Fiction With Intention. She has written three novels, all of which have received excellent reviews, including the hugely popular short story The No-Nonsense Wife which has been made into a short film. She attended Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls in Nigeria and has a degree in Law from the University of Wolverhampton, an MSc in International Project Management from Glasgow Caledonian University where she was awarded the best performing student by the Association of Project Management, and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University. In 2016 and 2017, she was recognised as one of the top 100 Most Influential Writers in Nigeria under 40 by the Nigerian Writers Awards Association. She lives in the UK with her family.