Lawrence Darmani is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian novelist, poet, and publisher. His

first novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...

, ''Grief Child'', won the

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

as best first book from Africa in 1992. He also writes devotional articles for ''Our Daily Bread'', which touches the lives of many Christians around the world. He fellowships with the

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

Church of Ghana. He is editor of ''Step'' magazine and CEO of Step Publishers. He is married and has two daughters. They live in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

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Selected works

*''Grief Child'', Lion Pub., 1991, ; iAcademic Books, 2001, *''Stories from Africa 4'', African Christian Press, 1996, *''Young and Restless: Challenges facing the youth of today'', Asempa Publishers, 1999,

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