Àbíké-Íyímídé is releasing her debut novel "Ace of Spades" on Jand it will be published by Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan in the US.Īce of Spades has been coined as a mix of Gossip Girl and Get Out. an avid tea drinker, and a collector of strange mugs," Faridah writes in her website. " writer from South London who has dreamt of writing books about black kids saving (or destroying) the world all her life. The young adult novel, which follows two black students trying to find out who is spreading damaging rumors about them at their elite private school. Àbíké-Íyímídé is from London and was only 19 when she began writing what would become Ace of Spades. The thriller is set in an elite high school, the story follows two Black teens Anonymous texts.įaridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is a 21-year-old British university student that landed a million-dollar book deal in the US for her first novel.
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