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Helon Habila is a Professor of Creative Writing at George Mason University. His work includes the novels Waiting for an Angel (2002), Measuring Time (2007), Oil on Water (2010), and Travelers (2019), and the nonfiction account of the 2014 kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria, The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria (2016). Habila is the editor of The Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011), and his novels, poems, and short stories have won many honors and awards, including the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Novel (Africa Section), the Caine Prize, and most recently, the Windham-Campbell Prize. Sponsored by the SMC Associates and SMC English Department.

This event is part of the ongoing of free literary talks & readings sponsored by the SMC Associates and the SMC English Department. Call 310-434-4003 for details and more information.