Richard Ali

Richard Ali is a lawyer, COO Parrésia Publishers Ltd and a poet. He has participated in various writing competitions and has served as Judge for the BN Award, Africa’s only Africa-wide poetry prize. City of Memories is his first novel. He lives in Federal Capital Territory (Abuja). His poetry and short stories have been published widely, including in Jalada, Enkare Review, Saraba Magazine and Okike Journal. He was runner-up in the 2008 John la Rose Short Story Competition. Ali served as Editor of ANA Review, journal of the Association of Nigerian Authors, from 2013 to 2016.