Author

Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha

"When I am not performing eye surgeries, I write “eye-popping” fiction, listen to music, and spend quality time with my family."

Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha is a multitalented young woman with a natural flair for the arts. She wrote her first unpublished novel at the age of six and has been writing poems, scripts, short stories, and songs since then, which were mainly for leisure. One of her poems, The New Yam Festival, won second prize in a nationwide poetry competition in 1983. She was the recipient of the silver prize at the Kanagawa World Biennial Children's Art Competition in Japan in 1987. By profession, Chigozie is an ophthalmic surgeon and an avid researcher. She draws inspiration from God and from the love of her family. She lives in Nigeria with her family.

Her love for the arts manifested early as she wrote her first unpublished novel at the age of six. A decision to study Medicine and Surgery in the University of Benin led to a lull in her writing as she could barely find time to write poems, stories or plays.She won academic prizes in her undergraduate days and got the dean’s prize for the best graduating student in the faculty of Medicine for that year. She has a Master’s degree with DISTINCTION in Community Eye Health from University College London.

As a postgraduate Ophthalmology resident, she won the prize for being the best candidate in the part one Ophthalmology fellowship examination. She has published several Ophthalmology research articles in peer-reviewed Ophthalmology journals and has presented papers in several national and international Ophthalmology conferences.She has been involved in several volunteer eye outreaches.

With a strong passion for the motivation and empowerment of women, youths & adolescents in Nigeria, she gladly honours speaking engagements that present opportunities to inspire and motivate young people to achieve greatness. She is married to a professor of International Arbitration and struggles to maintain a balance between family commitments,motivational speaking, writing, and her career as an Ophthalmic Surgeon. Of her foray into a field so diverse from her medical profession, she says: “I chose Medicine, but writing chose me. My inspiration and passion for writing are a gift from God.”

Beyond the Trial, her first published work, is a collection of short stories that highlights the INCREDIBLE strength of the African woman living in a largely patriarchal society. It is available on Amazon, Kobo, Laterna Ventures, Terra Kulture & all leading bookstores in Nigeria. Beyond the Trial was recently awarded the Samuel Ajayi Crowther Prize for best Christian Fiction at the Nigerian Christian Literature Awards 2017.

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