Aminatta Forna, OBE, is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest. Since then she has written four novels: Ancestor Stones, The Memory of Love, The... Wikipedia
Born: 1964 (age 59 years), Bellshill, United Kingdom
Spouse: Simon Westcott
Parents: Mohamed Forna and Maureen Christison
Movies: Girl Rising
Education: University College London
Notable awards: Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award 2011; 2014 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Fiction)
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