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Biography of Aminatta Forna

Aminatta Forna was born in Glasgow, raised in Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom and now divides her time between London and Sierra Leone.

Her published works include The Devil that Danced on the Water, a memoir of her dissident father and her country, Ancestor Stones, a novel set in West Africa, The Memory of Love, The Hired Man and The Angel of Mexico City.

In 2003, The Devil that Danced on the Water was shortlisted for Britain’s most prestigious non-fiction award, the Samuel Johnson Prize 2003. The book was serialized on BBC Radio, also in The Sunday Times newspaper, and selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers series.

Ancestor Stones was a New York Times Editor’s Choice book, selected by the Washington Post as one of the Best Novels of 2006 and one of The Listener Magazine’s Best 10 Books of 2006.

In 2007 Aminatta was named by Vanity Fair as one of Africa’s most