Tolulope Popoola is a Nigerian author who specializes in

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. Her writings and excerpts from her stories have been featured in several publications and magazines.

Career

Popoola began writing in 2008, after resigning from her job with an

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firm. She wrote her first book in 2009, but decided not to publish after discovering it was coincidentally overtly similar to ''In Dependence'' by Sarah Ladipo Manyika. In 2012, she published her first romance novel, ''Nothing Comes Close''. The book was listed as one of the best books of 2012 by the Africa Writers Club. Popoola is also the author of the

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s ''Fertile Imagination'' and ''Looking for Something''. She is the founder and

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of ''Accomplish Press'', a publishing company she established mainly to accommodate "ethnic fiction" novels. In 2015, Popoola wrote a

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fictional story, ''The Alibi'', that was featured on Pulse. The story was on an unusual relationship between a maid and a housewife. In 2017, Popoola was named one of ten Africans in Lancome's list of most powerful and diverse

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Recognition

* 2012 New venture award by Women in Publishing UK - 2nd runner-up * 2016 Special award of excellence by Nigeria Writers Awards * 2017

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writer of the year by Nigeria Writers Awards * 2017 100 Most influential Nigerian Writers under 40 (listed)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Popoola, Tolulope Nigerian writers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Nigerian women writers 21st-century Nigerian novelists