Hafsa Zayyan

Hafsa Zayyan is half-Nigerian, half-Pakistani and was born and raised (mostly) in the UK.  She is a dispute resolution lawyer working in the City of London, and is also the author of We Are All Birds of Uganda, the winner of MerkyBooks’ inaugural New Writer’s Prize. Other work includes contributions to Of This Our Country, a collection of essays exploring writers' relationships with Nigeria, and Will You Read This Please?, a collection of short stories based on real experiences focusing on mental health.