Nadia Binitie

Forever a dreamer

An aspiring young writer, few people could have guessed that Nadia Binitie would publish A Dance for Life as the first of many novels she hopes would soon follow. Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, reading was a burden her parents laid upon her until she picked up Karen Kingsbury’s Divine, and hatred turned into love. Fueled by her increasingly prolific reading ranging from science fiction to contemporary realistic works, Nadia began writing at the age of sixteen as an organic outlet to her vivid imagination. Although she struggled with motivation, the idea for her first published novel drove her to pick up the pen again four years later. After a year of late nights of vigorous research and writing amidst the demands of helping with her family, Nadia finished A Dance for Life, a story of God’s faithfulness to a young woman who perseveres after her life takes an unexpected twist. When not reading and writing, Nadia enjoys painting and pursuing her goal to become a pediatric heart surgeon as well as an author whose work exemplifies the hope God provides even in the most desperate situations.