Uzodinma Iweala is a writer and medical doctor.
His first book, Beasts of No Nation: A Novel (HarperCollins, 2005), tells the story of a child soldier
in West Africa.
His second book, Our Kind of People: Thoughts on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, will be released in Nigeria,
the United Kingdom, and the United States in the summer of 2012.
He has also published numerous short stories and essays and has worked in international development
on matters of health policy.
