BIO
Temi’ Taiwo-Oni is a Nigerian writer whose first book, BeGone, is a novella which she self-published
in August 2020. BeGone, received praise on Smooth Book Review, the Classic Book Review and was
featured on “The Muse” on Hi-Impact Television, earlier this year. An avid reader and reclusive writer
since childhood, Temi quit a 12-year banking career to pursue her passion for storytelling in 2019
which she found expression in through the world of Brands. A teller of stories with a penchant for
helping brands take shape, she glided through Ad school and is currently rounding up her MSc in Brand
Leadership at the University of East Anglia.
Temi is a 2019 alumnus of Eketi Ette’s Creating Writing Course, Temi was retained to join the team in
managing the writing community of students under Eketi’s tutelage. Prior to 2019, she had taken the
Open University’s ‘Start Writing Fiction’ course and UEA’s ‘Introduction to Screenwriting’ course, to
expand her writing competence.
Her short story, “Oblivion” is part of the UEA Creative Writing Society’s 2021/22 Anthology, “Late to a
Meeting,” which will be formally launched in September. She is currently working on her second book
which she expects to be released in 2023. Her blog, temitoni.wordpress.com hosts some of her fiction
stories. She currently lives in Norwich, England.
