Blessing Musariri
Author
Represented by Victoria Wells Arms and Soumeya Bendimerad Roberts
Blessing Musariri is an award-winning writer of poetry, short stories, children’s stories, radio, stage and screenplays, and contemporary adult fiction.
Her last two YA books were shortlisted and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing (UK) in 2025 and 2026 respectively. All That It Ever Meant (YA) was also listed as a one of "The Best 100 Young Adult Books of The Century (so far)" by Kirkus Reviews in 2025. Her short fiction and poetry has also been published by the Guardian, Granta, and Poetry International.
Blessing Musariri qualified as a Legal Barrister and holds a Masters Degree in Diplomatic Studies, but she has never worked in either of those fields, preferring instead to experience great adventures as a Public Relations officer for a gold mining company and an itinerant teacher of English and English Literature.
Blessing lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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