Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born Guyana) is a Nigerian novelist, and short story writer.
[1] She is a Professor of English at the University of Lagos.
[2] She was educated at the International School Ibadan, St. George's British International School, Italy (where she met her husband; Femi Aribisala), and the London Academy of Dramatic Arts.
[3][4] Her collection of stories, Our Wife and Other Stories won the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book Africa,[5] and her novel The Hangman's Game won 2008 Best Book Africa.
[6] She also won grants from the Ford Foundation, British Council, Goethe Institute, and the James Michener Foundation.