Afia Atakora is a Ghanaian-American author of historical fiction. Her debut novel, Conjure Women, won the Society of American Historians Prize and a fellowship from the Lannan Literary Foundation. Critically acclaimed, Conjure Women was named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Book Riot, Parade, and NPR. Atakora was born in the UK and divides her time between New York City and New Jersey, where she was raised and now lives with her husband and two daughters.
