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Candice Iloh

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is an award-winning author of young adult novels, Every Body Looking , Break This House , and Salt the Water . A 2020 National Book Award Finalist, Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian-American writer whose books centre home. Their debut picture book, EMEKA: EAT EGUSI! will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2026.

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Candice Iloh

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is an award-winning author of young adult novels, Every Body Looking , Break This House , and Salt the Water . A 2020 National Book Award Finalist, Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian-American writer whose books centre home. Their debut picture book, EMEKA: EAT EGUSI! will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2026.

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CANDICE ILOH

JULY 5 2024

‘Publishing a Novel During a Global Pandemic Is Distracting’

CANDICE ILOH•JULY 5 2024

‘Publishing a Novel During a Global Pandemic Is Distracting’

Nigerian-American award-winning author of Every Body Looking , Break This House , and Salt the Water , Candice Iloh, wouldn’t change much about their 2020 debut, only that they would have celebrated it more: ‘The dream I’d had for the year my first book came out crumbled so quickly that it stopped f

‘Publishing a Novel During a Global Pandemic Is Distracting’

CANDICE ILOH•JULY 5 2024

‘Publishing a Novel During a Global Pandemic Is Distracting’

Nigerian-American award-winning author of Every Body Looking , Break This House , and Salt the Water , Candice Iloh, wouldn’t change much about their 2020 debut, only that they would have celebrated it more: ‘The dream I’d had for the year my first book came out crumbled so quickly that it stopped f