12/05/2026
STANLEY UMEZULIKE PRIZE FOR CRIME THRILLER WRITING
MEET OUR JUDGE
2. PRAISE ABRAHAM
Praise Abraham, also known as PeculiarPraise, is a fast-budding creative writer and a Christian fiction author. She enjoys writing crime and Christian thrillers.
A recent graduate of architecture from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, Nigeria, Praise believes that the historic, present, futuristic/imaginative worlds can be explored through the power of stories. Hence, her dream is to change the world positively through creative media.
When she's not reading, she's either writing, designing, or cuddled up in the Secret Place with her invisible bestie who she affectionately calls HS.
Her debut novel, A Pastor's Daughter's Diary, book one of the Supernatural Diaries Series, has blessed countless lives worldwide and has won several awards.
She emerged the winner of the maiden edition of the YCM world of winners writing challenge in 2023, which birthed her first anthology of Nigerian short stories, The Contrast.
She also won the Christian Writing Challenge, which birthed her a novella Lightning and Thunder.
Her works have won and been shortlisted for the Pen-impact Christian contest, the Shuzia prose contest, Satayaa Africa Contest, Abigail Alex Award for Fiction, Guild of African Thriller Authors Contest, African Christian fiction award, amid many others.
Her short stories have also been published and are forthcoming in Shuzia Magazine and Celestial Conversations Anthology, Kepressng Anthology, Alkebulan Anthology, Kokonut Head Media, Love and other stupid things Anthology, Luminary Lines, Tales and Whispers, and many more.
Thank you, Praise, for honouring our invitation.