Osman Pius CONTEH lives in Freetown and is the author of four books published by Macmillan UK, Double Trouble (1990), For Better For Worse (1995), Bitter Consequences (1996), and Unanswered Cries (2002), which won the Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa; he is now working on his fifth novel, If You Scream, We Will Kill You. He is a member of PEN Sierra Leone, which is working to improve the literary culture and opportunities in the country. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.