Melatu Uche Okorie is a Nigerian-born writer, educator, and scholar, based in Ireland. She was born in the mid-1970s in Nigeria and grew up in the eastern part of the country before moving to Ireland in 2006.
Melatu has a Mphil in Creative writing from Trinity College Dublin. She is best known for her critically acclaimed collection of short stories, This Hostel Life published in 2018. The book is a collection of three interconnected stories that explore the experiences of African migrants in Ireland.