Chimeka Garricks is a Nigerian-Irish writer, born in Dublin and raised in Port Harcourt. His fiction includes a novel in the works and a collection of short stories, A Broken People’s Playlist. He appeared at the African Book Festival 2021 in Berlin. He is also a lawyer and editor. His favorite writers include Chuma Nwokolo, Cyprian Ekwensi, Zukiswa Wanner, and Ben Elton. He lives in Leeds, UK.