Islamiyyat Ayomide Asiru is an avid reader and a short story writer. She has a degree in the English Language from Obafemi Awolowo University. Her favourite writers include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lola Shoneyin, Elechi Amadi, among others.
She is enthralled by the transformative power of writing and is dedicated to portraying the dynamism of life and give an insight into the evolving human condition in her work. Her prose explores themes of morality and confronts popular conceptions of reality.
With a focus on writing that is redemptive and hopeful, she chooses to express herself through storytelling that is driven by a recognition of possibilities and change, by recreating a world that is vibrant and alive. Writing challenges her to find ways of being present and alive to the world around her as well as urging her to grow and redefine the landscape of her art form.
She is enthralled by the transformative power of writing and is dedicated to portraying the dynamism of life and give an insight into the evolving human condition in her work. Her prose explores themes of morality and confronts popular conceptions of reality.
With a focus on writing that is redemptive and hopeful, she chooses to express herself through storytelling that is driven by a recognition of possibilities and change, by recreating a world that is vibrant and alive. Writing challenges her to find ways of being present and alive to the world around her as well as urging her to grow and redefine the landscape of her art form.