Ade Solanke is a playwright, screenwriter, and founder and creative director of Spora Stories. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Southern California (USC) where she gained an MFA in Screenwriting from the Film School. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths College, London and an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Sheffield. Solanke worked as a story analyst for several Hollywood studios and has taught scriptwriting at the University of London and Pan-African University, Nigeria.