MORENIKE EUBA OYENUSI

Morenike Euba Oyenusi is a Nigerian-American lawyer, author, minister of the gospel, and graduate of the University of London and Jesus College, Cambridge, who writes children's fiction.

Her first book, “Chasing Butterflies in the Sunlight”, was a finalist in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Books Awards. Her second book, “Isaiah and the Orchestra of Sounds”, won the Grand Prize of the 2022 Jerry Pinkney Children's Book Awards (sponsored by the National Black Book Festival) named for the world-renowned African-American children’s book illustrator. It was also the winner and finalist in the Motivational and Educational categories respectively, and the 2022 Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal Winner in the Fiction - Graphic Novel/Comic genre. Her third book, “The Shepherd’s Care”, is a Readers’ Favorite Award winner.

Ms. Oyenusi enjoys reading, listening to music, eating out, gathering with good friends, traveling, theatre and movie outings, and taking extraordinarily long walks, rain, shine, or snow.