Aminatta Forna

Who is Aminatta Forna?

Aminatta Forna is a Scottish-born British writer. She is the author of a memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water and three novels, Ancestor Stones, The Memory of Love and The Hired Man. Her novel The Memory of Love was awarded the Commonwealth Prize for "Best Book" in 2011, and was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. The Hired Man, her third novel, was published in the UK in March 2013. Forna is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and is currently Sterling Brown Distinguished Visiting Professor at Williams College, Massachusetts.