Uzodinma Iweala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Uzodinma Iweala

American writer

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1982

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: writer, physician, sociologist

Nationality: United States, Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Uzodinma Iweala (born November 5, 1982) is an American author and medical doctor of Nigerian descent.
His debut novel, Beasts of No Nation, is a formation of his thesis work (in creative writing) at Harvard.
It depicts a child soldier in an unnamed African country.
The book, published in 2005 and adapted as an award-winning film in 2015, was mentioned by Time Magazine, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Times, and Rolling Stone.
He later released a novel titled Speak No Evil, published in 2018, which highlights the life of a gay Nigerian-American boy named Niru.