Itoro Bassey is a Nigerian-American writer and cultural worker based in Nigeria. She has received residencies and fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the San Francisco Writers Grotto, The Edward Albee Foundation and The Aroji Drama Academy (Kenya). She has publications and honors in Prairie Schooner, Glimmer Train, the Book Smugglers and the Speculative Literary Foundation. She is currently working on a few literary projects which includes a travel memoir chronicling her return to Nigeria, and a play series highlighting Black resilience and allyship in collaboration with Nique'Works Productions.