Dr Modupe Oyetade is a dental surgeon, who combines her medical practice with creative writing. In this interview with OLADIMEJI RAMON, the prolific author of many children’s books and three novels speaks about her drive and ultimate goalYes, I started writing at the age of nine and I loved to write poems and stories about animals, such as birds, dogs and lions. At that time, I just loved to write and I kept my manuscripts. None of them got published back then.
Many authors have stories of rejections and doubts by editors and publishers at some point in their career. Do you have any? Since you discovered your passion for writing or storytelling quite early, why didn’t you pursue a course in literature or creative writing instead of Dentistry? Piracy is a big problem for authors. Now that your books are educational materials for schools, is piracy an issue you worry about?