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    Helon Habila

    Helon Habila is the author of Oil on Water, Measuring Time, Waiting for an Angel, and The Chibok Girls. He is associate professor of creative writing at George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and three children.

    Helon Habila

    Helon Habila is the author of Oil on Water, Measuring Time, Waiting for an Angel, and The Chibok Girls. He is associate professor of creative writing at George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and three children.

    Awards

    Shortlisted — James Tait Black Prize, 2019

    Books by Helon Habila

    • Measuring Time: A Novel

      Helon Habila

      Paperback, 2007

      A thrilling, epic story from a major new international talent.

    • Waiting for An Angel: A Novel

      Helon Habila

      Paperback, 2004

      "Habila's fictionalization...reveals the true casualties of oppression better than any news or history."—Library Journal

    • Travelers: A Novel

      Helon Habila

      Hardback, 2019

      A startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by one of our most acclaimed international writers.

    • Travelers: A Novel

      Helon Habila

      Paperback, 2020

      A Boston Globe Best Book of 2019

      “This is the answer to the question of what contemporary fiction can do.” —Edward Docx, Guardian

    • Travelers: A Novel

      Helon Habila

      E Book, 2019

      A Boston Globe Best Book of 2019

      “This is the answer to the question of what contemporary fiction can do.” —Edward Docx, Guardian

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