Nicole Opara

Nicole Opara is a British-Nigerian writer of literary fiction that walks the tightrope between tenderness and devastation. With a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Warwick and an editorial eye sharpened through NGO communications, she brings haunting clarity to themes of love, trauma, and legacy.

She has written three novels in under a year—Darkly, Through the Glass, Daisy Chain, and A Far Cry from a Lullaby—each exploring fractured families, forbidden longing, and the echo of generational wounds. Her work dissects the silences women live within and the ruins they carry, often told through fractured timelines, dual POVs, and lyrical prose.

Nicole is currently working on her fourth novel, LIMBS, a literary psychological thriller that interrogates morality and money through the slow, quiet destruction of a family forced to betray itself from within. Inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and refracted through themes of greed, guilt, and survival, LIMBS is her most ambitious project yet. She writes in English, often weaving in other languages for texture and nuance—always guided by rhythm, voice, and the ache of truth.

Nicole Opara will be in residence at Can Serrat in October 2025.