A. Igoni Barrett was born in the coastal city of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. His first book, a collection of short stories titled 'From caves of rotten teeth', was published in 2005. His short fiction has been published in the print magazines Nigeria Monthly and Farafina, and on several online magazines, amongst which are laughterloaf, http://barfingfrog.com, http://fictionville.net, http://laurahird.com and http://stickmanreview.com. He was a winner of the 2005 BBC World Short Story Competition.