Unoma Nguemo Azuah is studying for an MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has a BA in English from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, where she edited the departmental journal - THE MUSE, and recieved the best creative writing student award for the years 1993 and 1994. She was also the recipient of the Leonard Trawick Creative Writing Award (of the English Department at Cleveland State University, Ohio where she recently got her MA in English) for the year 2000. In 1998 and 1999 she served as the secretary, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA Lagos) and the publicity Secretary, Women Writers of Nigeria (WRITA). Some of her stories and poems have been published in some Nigerian and international journals.