Delali Adjoa was born in Togo to Ghanaian parents but grew up in Canada where she traded sunny cottons for wool tuques and snowsuits. She has been chasing warmer weathers ever since.

Delali writes fiction centered on identity, freedom, and family, and loves the American South for the stories it has buried. Her debut novel The Free Verse Society is an Indies Introduce and Indie Next pick by American Booksellers Association. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and Georgetown University and currently lives near Atlanta with her family.