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Tolulope Popoola

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Lagos, Nigeria

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Literature & Fiction, Romance, Flash Fiction

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Tolulope Popoola was born in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived most of her adult life in the UK. She started her career as an Accountant, but discovered blogging in 2006, which rekindled her love for writing and telling stories. She took a few writing classes and then co-wrote an online fiction series which was well received.

In 2012 Tolulope quit her Accounting career to focus on writing and publishing. She has published a novel and eight collections of flash fiction stories, earning her the nickname of Africa’s Flash Fiction queen. She is also a writing coach and consultant for aspiring authors.

When she is not writing, teaching or coaching, she can be found reading, eating and listening to Afrobeats.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 336 ratings · 67 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	In My Dreams It Was Simpler 4.76 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Lagos Wedding Planner 3.62 avg rating — 91 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Comes Close 3.76 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fertile Imagination: A Collection of Flash Fiction Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lagos Flash Fiction Series (The Lagos Flash Fiction Series, #1-6) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Lagos Baker: Flash Fiction Stories of Cakes, Chaos and Lagos Wahala (Lagos Flash Fiction Series) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Adventures of a Lagos Wedding Planner: Flash Fiction Stories of More Chaos, Secrets and Wedding Drama (Lagos Flash Fiction Series) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking For Something: A Collection of Flash Fiction Stories 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Lagos Taxi Driver: A Collection of Flash Fiction Stories (Lagos Flash Fiction Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Lagos Junior Banker: Flash Fiction Stories of Ambition, Pressure and Survival (Lagos Flash Fiction Series) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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We often talk about literacy and grammar when we think about children’s writing, but there is a much deeper layer that often goes unnoticed: emotional intelligence (EI). As a writing coach, I’ve seen first-hand how a simple notebook can become a powerful tool for a child to understand their inner world.

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Tomorrow I Become a Woman

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“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

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“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood