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'Pemi Aguda

’Pemi Aguda is the author of One Leg on Earth and Ghostroots, a finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Trained as an architect in Lagos, Nigeria, she lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

'Pemi Aguda

’Pemi Aguda is the author of One Leg on Earth and Ghostroots, a finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Trained as an architect in Lagos, Nigeria, she lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Awards

Shortlisted — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2025

Shortlisted — NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, 2025

Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2024

Shortlisted — Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2024

Books by 'Pemi Aguda

  • Ghostroots: Stories

    'Pemi Aguda

    Hardback, 2025

  • Ghostroots: Stories

    'Pemi Aguda

    E Book

  • One Leg on Earth: A Novel

    'Pemi Aguda

    Hardback, 2026

    One of Esquire's "Best Books of 2026 (So Far)"
    A Time and Oprah Daily Best Book of the Summer

    From the author of the National Book Award finalist Ghostroots, a debut novel that thrills with its...
  • One Leg on Earth: A Novel

    'Pemi Aguda

    E Book

    One of Esquire's "Best Books of 2026 (So Far)"
    A Time and Oprah Daily Best Book of the Summer

    From the author of the National Book Award finalist Ghostroots, a debut novel that thrills with its...
  • Ghostroots: Stories

    'Pemi Aguda

    Paperback, 2026