Helon Habila is another highly respected Nigerian writer. Born in 1967, he was African Writing Fellow at the University of East Anglia in England. In 2002 he published the first edition of his first novel, Waiting for an Angel. He has garnered many laurels including the Caine Prize in 2001. In 2005/2006 he became the Chinua Achebe Fellow at Bard College, NY. Measuring Time, his second novel came out in 2007. Oil on water is his third novel. He has also published an anthology titled The Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011)
His acclaimed works are: Waiting for an Angel: A Novel, (2004), New Writing 14, (2006), Measuring Time: A Novel, (2007), Oil on Water: A Novel (2010); The Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011)
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