Mildred Kiconco Barya’s first book of poetry, Men Love Chocolates But They Don’t Say (2002), won the National Poetry Award in Uganda. The Price of Memory After the Tsunami, her second collection, was published in 2006 to critical acclaim. Her short stories include ‘Scars of Earth’, ‘Effigy Child’, ‘Those Days of Ebola’ and ‘Land of My Bones’. Barya was born in Uganda and educated at Makerere University, Uganda; Moi University, Kenya and the International Women’s University, Germany.