Buki Papillon: Writer, Wife, Daughter, Sister, Friend, Massage Therapist, Bead Artist. She/her.* TWITTER: https://twitter.com/bukipapillon *
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Buki Papillon was born in Nigeria. She has a Law Degree from Hull University in the UK, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her debut novel, An Ordinary Wonder, has received rave reviews and mentions in the New York Times, Ms. Magazine, Essence, Cosmopolitan UK, YNaija, and more. An Ordinary Wonder is also a Maya Angelou Book Award Finalist, a Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors Recipient, and a Ferro-Grumley Literary Award Finalist. It is brilliantly narrated in audiobook by film and stage actor, Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury in Bridgerton).
Buki is an alumnus of Key West Literary, Vermont Studio Center, Fine Arts Work Center, and Vona Voices residencies and workshops. Her work was published in Post Road Magazine, Aunt Chloe, and The Del Sol Review. She has in the past been a travel adviser, events host and chef. Buki currently lives in Boston, where she is resigned to finding inspiration in the long winters.
In her downtime she loves taking long rambles in nature, making jewelry, cooking up a storm and, of course, epic levels of reading.
Her twitter account is @bukipapillon. Her website is https://www.bukipapillon.com/
Buki is an alumnus of Key West Literary, Vermont Studio Center, Fine Arts Work Center, and Vona Voices residencies and workshops. Her work was published in Post Road Magazine, Aunt Chloe, and The Del Sol Review. She has in the past been a travel adviser, events host and chef. Buki currently lives in Boston, where she is resigned to finding inspiration in the long winters.
In her downtime she loves taking long rambles in nature, making jewelry, cooking up a storm and, of course, epic levels of reading.
Her twitter account is @bukipapillon. Her website is https://www.bukipapillon.com/
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*Art by Ann Hirsch