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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (born 13 October 1999) is a British novelist, short-story writer and columnist. Her debut novel, the young adult thriller Ace of Spades (2021), received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens in 2022, and reached the top ten on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Additionally, Àbíké-Íyímídé has contributed writings to several publications, including The Bookseller, gal-dem, NME and Reader's Digest.

Early life and education

Àbíké-Íyímídé was born and raised in Croydon in South London.[1][2][3][4] She lived in Aberdeen, Scotland while studying English, Chinese and anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.[2][5] She currently lives in London.[4]

Career

Àbíké-Íyímídé's debut novel, Ace of Spades,[6] is a young adult thriller with themes of "homophobia in the black community, institutional racism and the diversity of thought among black people".[2] In 2018 she gained an agent and a UK book deal for Ace of Spades with Usborne Publishing.[2][7] In 2020 she gained a US book deal with Macmillan Publishers for Ace of Spades along with a second novel, for a seven-figure sum.[8][9][10][11]

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