Samuel Kolawole
samuelkolawole.bsky.social
Samuel Kolawole
@samuelkolawole.bsky.social

Penn State Prof/faculty, Warren Wilson MFA
Award winning author of THE ROAD TO THE SALT SEA(2024), BLACKLAND(2027) & HYENA BOYS
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I’m delighted to share that I’ve signed a new two-book deal with my publisher, Amistad/Harper Collins. I’m incredibly thrilled about these projects and can’t wait to share them with the world. It’s a true joy to be working once again with my editor, Rakesh Satyal.
December 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’m delighted to share that I’ve signed a new two-book deal with my publisher, Amistad/Harper Collins. I’m incredibly thrilled about these projects and can’t wait to share them with the world. It’s a true joy to be working once again with my editor, Rakesh Satyal.
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
More good news. The Road to the Salt Sea is a finalist for the 2025 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.
April 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I feel so incredibly honored to be awarded the 2025 Whiting Award in Fiction for The Road to the Salt Sea. I am glad this novel is finding its way out in the world.
April 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Congratulations to @samuelkolawole.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Thank you, Samuel Kọ́láwọlé’s, for sharing your novel, The Road to the Salt Sea, during #fallforthebook's MINI FEST.
@samuelkolawole.bsky.social

Thanks to #VAHumanities for the support & Aster Equine Photography.
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THE ROAD TO THE SALT SEA is on the longlist for the 2025 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Grateful and honored!
March 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
January 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
January 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
January 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
December 11, 2024 at 2:57 PM
December 3, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Miami Book Fair this weekend. See you there !
November 21, 2024 at 8:08 PM
November 16, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Honored to be longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize and I'm in excellent company.
www.aspenwords.org/literary-pri...
Literary Prize - Aspen Words
www.aspenwords.org
November 13, 2024 at 9:31 PM