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F. T. Kola is a South African novelist and short story writer, born in Kaduna, Nigeria, in 1966.

 (this paragraph is borrowed from another author's wiki, research FT Kola's heritage and update accordingly)  He is the son of a career diplomat and his wife. With his family, he moved frequently throughout his childhood, from country to country in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Several critics have remarked on this experience as an obvious influence on his writing.

F.T. Kola was born in South Africa, grew up in Australia, and lived in London and New York City before pursuing an MFA at the Michener Centre for Writers at the University of Texas, Austin, where she is a fellow in fiction. Her short story “A Party For The Colonel” was shortlisted for the 2015 Caine Prize. The story was first published on Issue 100 of One Story.

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Kola was shortlisted for the 2015 Caine Prize for the story "", first published in Wasafiri, issue 41, spring 2004. His first novel, Goodbye Lucille, was published in April 2007 and won the Authors' Club First Novel Award. He was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2015.

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