Maaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation program at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King and Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, named one of the Guardian’s Ten Best Contemporary African Books. Her work can be found in The New Yorker, Granta, and the New York Times, among other publications. She lives in New York City.
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Maaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation program at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King and Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, named one of the Guardian’s Ten Best Contemporary African Books. Her work can be found in The New Yorker, Granta, and the New York Times, among other publications. She lives in New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maaza Mengiste&nbsp;was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing &amp; Literary Translation program at Queens College, she is the author of&nbsp;The Shadow King&nbsp;and&nbsp;Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, named one of the&nbsp;Guardian’s Ten Best Contemporary African Books. Her work can be found in&nbsp;The New Yorker,&nbsp;Granta, and the&nbsp;New York Times, among other publications. She lives in New York City.
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