Chris Abani

Chris Abani's prose includes the novels GraceLand, Masters of the Board and the novellas, Becoming Abigail and Song For Night. His poetry collections are Hands Washing Water , Dog Woman, Daphne's Lot and Kalakuta Republic.

He is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside and the recipient of the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award & the PEN Hemingway Book Prize.

Books by Chris Abani

The Virgin of Flames

Chris Abani

In this edgy and beautiful novel, Los Angeles is filled with indelible images, unforgettable characters and brought to life through Abani's lush, punky prose.