About
Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is a British-Nigerian novelist who grew up in Peckham, South London, and now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband and son. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked for the charity Carers UK, balancing her professional responsibilities with her ambition to write fiction. Blackburn began writing Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? after experiencing the familiar pressure from family members to settle down. What started as a blog post gradually developed into her debut novel, inspired by her own experiences and those of women around her. She wanted to create the kind of romantic comedy she had longed to read, featuring a Black heroine whose story centres on love, friendship, faith, and self-discovery. Her debut was selected by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for her Literati book club and was a runner-up for the UK Diverse Book Awards in 2023. Her second novel, The Re-Write, was published in 2025. Blackburn’s writing explores identity, cultural expectations, relationships, and the importance of seeing diverse experiences represented in contemporary fiction.
