Empi Baryeh

Empi Baryeh is a Ghanaian author of sweet and sensual African, multicultural, and interracial romance and women's fiction. She was born in Liberia to Ghanaian parents and considers herself an honorary citizen of her country of birth. She spent the first thirteen years of her life living in various African countries, including Liberia, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Her interest in writing started around the age of thirteen after she stumbled upon a Young Adult story her sister had started and abandoned.

The story fascinated her so much that, when she discovered it was unfinished, she knew she had to complete it. Somehow, the rest of the story began to take shape in her mind. Although she never completed that story, it marked the beginning of her future writing career.

When she is not writing, she likes to spend time with her family, read, listen to music, and catch up on TV series. Her published novels include: Most Eligible Bachelor (2012, 2020), Chancing Faith (2012), Forest Girl (2018), His Inherited Princess (2018), Expecting Ty's Baby (2019), Unwrapping Hanie and The Illegitimate Prince (2021).

Empi has won several awards and recognition for her novels, including 1st prize in the Novel Category for The Illegitimate Prince in the 2023 Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) Literary Awards. In 2018, she won 3 rd prize in the same category with her book, Chancing Faith. She has also won the Ufere Awards Book of the Year for Most Eligible Bachelor and Expecting Ty's Baby.