Asale Angel-Ajani

About the Author

Asale Angel-Ajani is the author of Strange Trade: The Story of Two Women Who Risked Everything in the International Drug Trade and the novel A Country You Can Leave. She’s held residencies at Djerassi, Millay, Playa, Tin House, and VONA, and is a recipient of grants from the Ford, Mellon, and Rockefeller Foundations. Angel-Ajani has a PhD in Anthropology and an MFA in Creative Writing and is currently Director of the Women and Genders Studies department at the City College of New York, where she lives with her family.