Yejide Kilanko

Yejide Kilanko is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her debut novel, Daughters Who Walk This Path, a Canadian national bestseller, was longlisted for the 2016 Nigeria Literature Prize.

Her work includes a novella, Chasing Butterflies, two children's picture books: There Is An Elephant In My Wardrobe, and Juba and The Fireball. Her short fiction is in the anthology, New Orleans Review 2017: The African Literary Hustle.

Kilanko lives in Ontario, Canada, where she practices as a social worker.