Angela Wright

Angela Wright is a writer, photographer, and communications professional from Canada. Her work has been published in Canadian, American, and Australian literary journals, including The Fiddlehead, Catapult, and The New Quarterly. Her work has also been featured in Canadian media outlets, including The Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Toronto Star. Angela writes book reviews on children’s and young adult literature for Quill & Quire, a Canadian publishing industry magazine.

Angela currently lives in Ghana undertaking research for two books: a historical fiction novel about the daughter of a king who goes on a trek from Northern Ghana to the coast to search for her lover who was kidnapped into the slave trade, and a collection of essays tracing the journeys and experiences of past and present Black writers from the diaspora who have moved to Ghana.

Angela has a bachelor’s in history and African and African American Studies from the University at Buffalo, a master’s in the history of race and slavery from The University of Iowa, and will receive a Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University later this year.