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Just over a month ago, I did a series of interviews for The Single Supplement which I will be sharing over the next couple of months. The first one I want to share is the one I did with Abiola Bello. If you haven’t heard of her, now is the perfect time to get her on your radar and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. She is a Carnegie-nominated children's author, and co-founder of myriad successful businesses including independent publishing house Hashtag Press and imprint for diverse and inclusive voices, Hashtag BLAK. Her third book in the Emily Knight series, Emily Knight I Am... Becoming is coming out in September 2020. Abiola is 31 years old and single. She lives in Stoke Newington, London.

I wanted to speak to Abiola because I was so impressed that she published her first book when she was just 23-years-old. She actually began writing the Emily Knight saga at aged 12 with the intention of filling the gaping hole in children’s fiction for an inspirational, strong, black female, yo…