BOLU BABALOLA
Agent: Juliet Pickering
Assistant: Finlay Charlesworth
Bolu Babalola is currently not accepting proofs, review copies or books from publishers.
Please note that Bolu is represented for screenwriting by Jessica Stewart of Independent Talent, who also handles all book-to-film rights.
Biography: Bolu Babalola is a British-Nigerian with a Bachelor’s degree in Law, and a Master’s degree in American Politics & History from UCL. She feels it is important to state that her thesis was on Beyoncé's ‘Lemonade’ and she was awarded a distinction for it, so essentially she has a Master’s degree in Beyoncé.
A writer of books, scripts, culture pieces and retorts, Bolu writes stories of dynamic women with distinct voices who love and are loved audaciously. Her short story collection, LOVE IN COLOUR, was published in 2020, became a Times bestseller and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Her debut novel, HONEY AND SPICE, was published in July 2022, was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and won the inaugural TikTok Award for Book of the Year. The sequel, SUN UNDER SKIN, will be published in Summer 2025.
Her culture writing can be read in NYMag, Bustle, Vogue and Paper Magazine, among other publications.
Bolu’s pilot episode of BIG AGE, which she created, wrote and executive produced, was broadcast on Channel 4 in autumn 2021.
Visit Bolu’s website.