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Shila Amos-Efe
Shila Amos-Efe was born in 1971 in London Borough of
Southwark. She is currently a proud single mother of three
and a survivor of domestic violence. She graduated from the
University of East London in 2002 with BA Business
Administration with honors in Human Resource Management.
Inspired by her life, and her desire to reach other women or
men who had been a victim of abuse she compiled her first
novel. Now completely dedicated to her lovely children
Aghogo, Ovie and Eguono, she aspires to fulfill her lifelong
desire to write more novels.
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Urban Reviews: Tell us about
your book Duplicity.
Shila Amos-Efe: Duplicity is about a naïve young
woman Sylvia, a British citizen by birth who falls in love
with Patrick an immigrant who does a good job at concealing
his status until the relationship builds up. Sylvia falls head
over heels in love with Patrick when she discovers that he is
a care worker, working with vulnerable people. Impressed by
his sensitivity, they become inseparable. The fact that he is
her first love meant that she knew absolutely nothing about
men and gave him her all. Is this real? They get married after
a few months and Patrick eventually gets his citizenship.
Shock!! Horror!! The relationship suddenly takes a different
turn. It is not just the two of them in the marriage, Madam
Lucy, the mother-in-law runs the home!
Patrick is the typical mummy's boy who cannot do anything
without involving his mum. And then there is a different and
yet disturbing part of Patrick's character. He becomes very
abusive towards Sylvia who is now torn and betrayed by the
fact that the man she fell in love and married is an entirely
different person. It does not get any easier as she bear him
children. Torn by the fact that her culture forbids divorce,
the fact that she is absolutely petrified of being a single
patent, she stays on. How long would this go on for? How much
would she put up with? She also discovers some disturbing
truth about her marriage. Patrick is a sex addict and leads a
double life. It is a story of ultimate betrayal of trust and
loyalty and takes a sickening turn. How far Patrick would go
to acquire wealth?
Urban Reviews: What drove you to come up with the
topics discussed in Duplicity?
Shila Amos-Efe: I came up with the topics
discussed in duplicity because of the alarming rates of
deception in marriage between citizens and immigrants. The
fact that people would go to any length just to have a legal
immigration status, including having children with partners
they do not love. These sorts of relationships have left many
children growing up in a single parent home. The topic raised
in this book would enable people to search for those signs and
detect a cheat before allowing themselves fall victims of such
predators.
Urban Reviews: Can we expect more of the same in
your writing or do you plan to write different genres of books
in the future?
You could expect more of the same in my writing, but I
do intend to write different genres of books in future.
Urban Reviews: Do you have any more projects lined
up for the future?
Shila Amos-Efe: I am now working with victim
support, helping victims of abuse. I am also working on two
other books, one which looks like the continuation of
duplicity because of the way it ended, and the other an
entirely different genres.
Urban Reviews: What made you want to become an
author?
Shila Amos-Efe: Passion for writing, I have
always been better at expressing myself in writing than in
speech so I find this side of me quite fulfilling.
Urban Reviews: Was there any one thing or person
that inspired you to want to write?
Shila Amos-Efe: I had always wanted to reach out
to people. My passion for writing was drawn from my experience
being a victim of domestic violence had made me understand how
easy it is for one to loose one's voice and disappear into the
surface. When you are locked away by the circumstance in life,
it takes you to different dimensions. I reached my breaking
point and made a choice to live again so writing is my second
chance of living; a promise to fulfill my destiny and give
women and men like me a voice and something to relate to. I
had always admired the works of great women like Oprah Winfrey
and Maya Angelo. They make me realize that being black should
not be an excuse of not achieving one's goal.
Urban Reviews: What challenges have you faced with
being an author?
Shila Amos-Efe: Juggling running a family as a
single parent with normal office hours and then finding time
to write my manuscripts and then the tedious research into
finding the right audience for my genre in the writing
industry.
Urban Reviews: What are some of your favorite
authors or books?
Shila Amos-Efe: My favorite authors are Maya
Angelo and Virginia Andrew.
Urban Reviews: What do you want the world to know
most about you?
Shila Amos-Efe: I am a woman with great passion
for life who likes to see people treated fairly and with the
respect due them.
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