Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (fiction writer, scholar, journalist; Nigeria) is the author of four books. His first novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms won the $100, 000 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2016. His second novel, When Were Fireflies was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award in 2024. He is also the author of a collection of interconnected short stories, Dreams and Assorted Nightmares, and The Whispering Trees, which was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. He received the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling for his reportage on female victims of Boko Haram. He has just finished work on his fifth book, a novel that explores the shameful legacies of Nigeria’s last dictatorship in the life of a family. He is working on his dissertation on disinformation, power and media culture in Nigeria.