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Nneka Oluoha

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I am a Nigerian American writer and physician whose love of storytelling began in childhood, listening to folklore under the moonlight. I started creating stories with everyday objects around my home before putting them on paper between house chores. Over time, that passion grew into writing for university newspapers in Nigeria and creating screenplays for school dramas.

After completing medical school in Nigeria, I immigrated to the United States, where I completed an internal medicine residency and now work as a hospitalist. My experiences in medicine have deepened my understanding of the resilience, vulnerability, and quiet struggles that shape people's lives.

My fiction is deeply influenced by my Igbo heritage and my lifelong fascination
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Live for Me, Nkem

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Thank you for visiting my Goodreads author page. I’m truly grateful you’re here.

I’m a Nigerian American physician and writer, and storytelling has been part of my life since childhood. Growing up in Nigeria, evenings spent listening to folklore under the moonlight sparked my imagination and inspired my love of stories.

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I’d love to share my newly released novel, Live for Me, Nkem, published by Koehler Books on September 9, 2026.
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Live for Me, Nkem by Nneka Oluoha

A story about mental health, marriage, motherhood, family, culture, and the things we are often taught to keep hidden.

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“I exist, technically. But it feels like I’m watching my life through glass, like I’m behind something no one else can see.”
― Nneka Oluoha, Live for Me, Nkem

“smiling on command with stretched lips and vacant eyes. Almost like a mannequin posed to pass as a wife and a mother”
― Nneka Oluoha, Live for Me, Nkem

“I exist, technically. But it feels like I’m watching my life through glass, like I’m behind something no one else can see.”
― Nneka Oluoha, Live for Me, Nkem

“smiling on command with stretched lips and vacant eyes. Almost like a mannequin posed to pass as a wife and a mother”
― Nneka Oluoha, Live for Me, Nkem

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