Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo was born on September 29, 1973 in Onitsha, Nigeria. She received her B.A. in painting in 1997 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Since that time she has exhibited both locally and internationally.

As a creative writer, her poems, short stories, and drawings have been published in several anthologies, newspapers, and journals all over the world. Her recent collection of poems and photographs titled The Fluttering of Wings was published by The Stone Press (2005).  She is married to the artist Uche Edochie and they have a daughter.