Osahon Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian writer of fiction who explores the intersection of fear, faith, and the fantastical. He is an alumnus of the Iowa Writers Institute pre-program, the Alpha Young Writers workshop, and is an Octavia Butler scholar at the Clarion Writer’s Workshop. Ize-Iyamu has published in magazines such as the Rumpus, Strange Horizons, and Lightspeed Magazine.
At MacDowell, he made significant progress on his debut short-story collection, which explores the lives of residents of Southern Nigeria who struggle to exercise their personal autonomy.
