Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is a British novelist, short-story writer and columnist.
Her debut novel, the young adult thriller Ace of Spades (2021), received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens in 2022, and reached the top ten on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Additionally, Àbíké-Íyímídé has contributed writings to several publications, including The Bookseller, gal-dem, NME and Reader's Digest.
[2] In 2018 she gained an agent and a UK book deal for Ace of Spades with Usborne Publishing.
[2][7] In 2020 she gained a US book deal with Macmillan Publishers for Ace of Spades along with a second novel, for a seven-figure sum.