Inua Ellams

Born in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright and performer. He has four books published including Thirteen FairyNegro Tales (Poetry, Flipped Eye, 2005) The 14th Tale (Play, Flipped Eye, 2009) and Untitled (Poetry & Play, Oberon, 2010). His poems were included in anthologies: Generation Txt (Penned in the Margins, 2006), City State (Penned in the Margins, 2009), The Salt Book of Younger Poets (Salt, 2011) His second pamphlet Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars is due out autumn in 2011. The 14th Tale was awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival, before a sold out run at London's National Theatre. Untitled was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagan Award and he is working on his third BLK TSHT CLXN (Black t-shirt collection).