Obinna Udenwe is a Nigerian novelist and short story writer. He is the winner of the first edition of The Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2021 for his second book, Colours of Hatred which was also a finalist for The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2021. His first book, Satans & Shaitans won the ANA Prize for Prose Fiction 2015. His short stories have won The Prairie Schooner-Glenna Luschei Prize 2020, The Short Story is Dead Prize 2016 and was a finalist in the Prairie Schooner-Raz Schumakar Prize 2020.