About Deji
Deji Olukotun attended the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town, where he was taught by South African writers André Brink, Mike Nicol, Andre Wiesner, and Henrietta Rose-Innes.
His work has been published in The London Magazine, The Space, Dialogue, Men’s Health, Triplopia, Litnet, OneShotZine, The African Journal of Conflict Resolution, World Literature Today, and international law journals.
When not writing, Deji works as an attorney. He is passionate about human rights and soccer and making cheesecake and wonders if such things are compatible.
His time is divided between Brooklyn and the small farm where he grew up in New Jersey.
Deji writes because he has to.
Contact him at olukotun@gmail.com.
To visit Deji’s site dedicated to reviewing stories about human rights, go to www.fictionthatmatters.org.
