Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born Guyana) is a Nigerian novelist, and short story writer.^[1] She is a Professor of English at the University of Lagos.^[2]

She was educated at the International School Ibadan, St. George's British International School, Italy (where she met her husband; Femi Aribisala), and the London Academy of Dramatic Arts.^[3][4]

• Our Wife and Other Stories, Malthouse Press, 1990, ISBN 978-978-2601-59-9; Ottawa, Canada: Laurier Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-55394-010-4
• Kicking Tongues, Heinemann, 1998, ISBN 978-0-435-91200-0
• The Hangman's Game, Peepal Tree, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84523-046-3
• Bitter Leafing Woman and Other Stories, Malthouse Press, 2017.

Her collection of stories, Our Wife and Other Stories won the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book Africa,^[5] and her novel The Hangman's Game won 2008 Best Book Africa.^[6]

She also won grants from the Ford Foundation, British Council, Goethe Institute, and the James Michener Foundation.^[7]

• Toyin Adewale-Nduka; Omowunmi Segun, eds. (1996). Breaking the Silence: an anthology of short stories. WRITA, Women Writers of Nigeria. ISBN 978-978-32456-6-2.
• "Wine in a Teacup". Kunapipi. 17 (3). Dangaroo Press: 83–85. 1995.

• Frank Birbalsingh, "Karen King-Aribisala: The Hangman’s Game", Guyana Journal, November 2008.
• "A review of Karen King-Aribisala's The Hangman's Game", The Signifyin' Woman, 19 April 2008.