Writing Complex and Believable Characters in Fiction
In Person Workshop with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
In this 2.5 hour workshop, New York Times bestselling author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé will show you how to build complex and believable characters in YA and adult fiction.
From writing exercises that will help you create a fully rendered three-dimensional protagonist as well as side characters, to looking at the anatomy of famous characters across media, this character workshop will arm participants with the necessary tools to develop their own cast of compelling and believable characters.
Faridah will also discuss why representation matters; and why readers deserve characters written with full complexity and honesty.
Leave with practical tools and prompts for your own work. Open to writers of all levels.
Time and Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026, 10:30 – 13:00
Workshop Fees: CHF 50 (Members) | CHF 70 (Non-Members)
Location: Foound, Rue Jean-Dassier 7, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, International bestselling, & Award-winning author of ACE OF SPADES, WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE, FOUR EIDS AND A FUNERAL and THE HEIRS. She has also written stories for Marvel’s Spider-Verse and BBC’s Doctor Who. In 2026 she was selected for the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 list. In 2024 she was a world book day author with her title THE DOOMSDAY DATE. Faridah is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs, and a graduate from a university in Scotland where she received a BA in English Literature. She also has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London. When she isn’t spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found playing the cello, competing in netball matches or examining the deeper meanings in Disney channel original movies.
