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Esinam Bediako is a Ghanaian American writer from Detroit. She holds a BA in English from Columbia University, an MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MAT in Secondary English from University of Southern California. A finalist for the Porter House Review Editor’s Prize, the Frontier Global Poetry Prize, and North American Review’s Terry Tempest Williams Prize, Esinam has been a high school English teacher and administrator. Her most important job is editing the masterpieces of her two young sons, who create stories, poems, and videos with enviable speed and imagination. Esinam lives in Claremont, California with her family.
"“Blood on the Brain is full of humor, honesty, and heart. I devoured this refreshing, engrossing look at the rocky road of familial and romantic relationships through the eyes of an unforgettable young woman protagonist. Akosua is my new niece in my head!” —Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies “Bediako is a promising new voice . . . with insight, subtlety, and power, she shows the complexities of race and identity in a voice that is refreshingly honest and accessible to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. This book throbs with true vulnerability about the human need to belong. Her talent is undeniable; she is a writer to watch . . .” —Taylor Larsen, author of Stranger, Father, Beloved "" [Blood on the Brain] Smartly covers a few weeks of upheaval that push its heroine closer to adulthood.""—Kirkus Reviews"
