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Which Nigerian author won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2007 for "Half of a Yellow Sun"?

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Half of a Yellow Sun" (2006) is a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, set during the Nigerian Civil War (Biafran War, 1967–70). It won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2007, when the award was known as the Orange Prize for Fiction.

Adichie is also known for "Purple Hibiscus" and "Americanah". Buchi Emecheta wrote "The Joys of Motherhood", Lola Shoneyin wrote "The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives", and Sefi Atta wrote "Everything Good Will Come".

Hence, the author is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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