Didi Anofienem

Originally from Houston, TX, the hometown of Beyoncé and Meg the Stallion, Didi Anofienem is a novelist and educator residing in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her EdM from Teacher's College, Columbia University in 2023, her MFA from University of San Francisco in 2017, a BS from UT-Austin in 2010, and a BA from University of Houston in 2014. Passionate about words, Didi wrote her first story at the age of 8. She grew up reading Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Ntozake Shange. Didi has written...See more

Originally from Houston, TX, the hometown of Beyoncé and Meg the Stallion, Didi Anofienem is a novelist and educator residing in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her EdM from Teacher's College, Columbia University in 2023, her MFA from University of San Francisco in 2017, a BS from UT-Austin in 2010, and a BA from University of Houston in 2014. Passionate about words, Didi wrote her first story at the age of 8. She grew up reading Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Ntozake Shange. Didi has written romance novels, a poetry collection, several short stories, plays, and personal essays. When she's not teaching English, she spends her time traveling back and forth to Houston, re-reading her favorite authors, dancing to Beyoncé, and playing The Sims. See less