About
Yaa Gyasi is a Ghanaian-American novelist born in 1989 in Mampong, Ghana. She moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. Her experiences of navigating different cultural worlds inform her exploration of identity, history, and belonging. Gyasi studied English at Stanford University before earning a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her debut novel, Homegoing (2016), received widespread critical acclaim, winning the PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Novel and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award. Her second novel, Transcendent Kingdom (2020), explores faith, family, grief, and the intersection of science and spirituality through the story of a Ghanaian-American neuroscientist. Gyasi is recognized for her emotionally nuanced storytelling and her ability to connect intimate family experiences with larger historical forces.
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