Karen Onojaife is a novelist and short story writer.  Her writing has featured in publications such as Buzzfeed, the Callaloo Literary Journal and most recently, The Outcast Hours.   

Her work has previously been long listed for the Bridport Short Story and the Fish Short Story competitions.   Her novel Borrowed Light won the Reader's Choice award and placed runner-up in the inaugural SI Leeds Literary Prize 2012.  She is a VONA/Voices fellow and a recipient of a place on the Hedgebrook Writers in Residence program.