<p> </p><p> </p><p><span>Esther Kanyamanza is a Rwandan writer, assistant teacher, and full-time overthinker. She also ran a blog on gender issues, but eventually switched to novels—because fictional people are easier to argue with and slightly less disappointing.</span></p><p> </p><p><span>She was just minding her business when a sarcastic little voice whispered, <em>"Write this down."</em> Several mental breakdowns, abandoned drafts, and plot holes later, she finished her first novel. </span></p><p> </p><p><span>AWARE is her debut novel—and she has no intention of writing anything sane after this.</span></p><p> </p><p><span>She believes in God and her ability to ignore an alarm.</span></p><p> </p><p><span>Please don't send her to heaven just yet—she has a wedding planned. (With Damson Idris. He just doesn't know it.)</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
