NoViolet Bulawayo

NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (born 12 October 1981), a Zimbabwean-American writer. She was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University from 2012 until 2014. 
Her first novel "We Need New Names" was nominated for the 2013 Booker Prize. Her second novel "Glory" was nominated for the 2022 Booker Prize, making her the first Black African woman to appear on the Booker list twice.