Jumoke Verissimo (born 26 December 1979 in Lagos) is a Nigerian poet, novelist, children's writer and critic.
[1] The Peoples Daily[2] describes her collection as "a bold stance of pain and other emotions, filtering through the pores of gross indifference and achieving a communal cry of retrospective protest."
[citation needed] Veissimo's 2019 novel, A Small Silence (Cassava Republic) was selected as the winner of the Aidoo-Snyder Prize for best original creative work.
According to the awards committee, A Small Silence is impressive for several reasons: its moving portrait of post-traumatic stress disorder, its believable point of view, its connections to real-world problems, its engaging depictions of everyday life, its lyrical style, and its sense of humor.
[3] Verissimo's children book, Grandma and the Moon's Hidden Secret was longlisted for the 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature.