Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (an haife ta a shekarar alif 1970), marubuciya ce na littattafan labaran matasa da 'yammata 'yar kasar Ghana.

Tarihin rayuwa 
Bayan ta halarci makarantar Achimota, Baitie ta karanci ilimin kimiya da ilmin sunadarai a Jami'ar Ghana, Legon, sannan ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin kimiya na kwaleji daga Jami'ar Surrey kuma yanzu haka tana gudanar da dakin gwaje-gwaje na likita a Adabraka. Tana son rubuta labarai tun tana ɗan shekara bakwai kuma ta dace da rubuce-rubucen ta game da aikinta na yau da kullun da rayuwar iyali a Accra tare da yara uku da miji. Tana rubutu bayan aiki, a karshen mako da kuma lokacin tafiya.

Kyauta 
Ta lashe lambar yabo ta First Burt Award don Marubutan Afirka wanda Kungiyar Kanada don Cigaba ta hanyar Ilimi tare da tallafi daga Hukumar Kula da Littattafan Matasa ta Duniya (IBBY): a shekara ta 2009 game da littattafanta na The Twelfth Heart sannan kuma a 2012 game da The Dorm Challenge. The Twelfth Heart ta ci gaba da sayar da kwafi 35,000 a cikin shekaru biyu bayan kyautar. A shekara ta 2006 Baitie ta lashe kyautar Macmillan for Africa (akan Kananan Dalibai) a dalilin littafinta "A Saint in Brown Sandals", kuma shekaru hudu da suka gabata littafin Lea's Christmas ya kasance cikin jerin sunayen 'Marubutan Macmillan na 2002 ga Afirka (Manyan Karatu). An sanar cewa akwai marubuta mata da yawa a Ghana fiye da shekarun da suka gabata, kuma lambobin yabo da aka basu game da aikinsu sun ba da gudummawa kwarai a nasarar su da ƙarfafawa mawallafa wajen siyansu.

Rubutu 
Baitie tana rubutu akan yara har ma da matasa. Tana ziyartar makarantu kuma tayi aiki tare da kungiyoyi kamar Gidauniyar Malamai don inganta karatu da littattafai. Tana son ba wa masu karatun ta nishadi da kuma damar tserewa zuwa wata duniya daban, inda ta zabi kar ta jaddada jigon talauci da rashi a cikin littattafan ta, sabanin wasu littattafan matasa a Ghana. A cikin duka The Twelfth Heart  da The Dorm Challenge an bayyana taken abokantaka ta hanyar Jin kai ga yarinyar da ta bar ƙaramin ƙauyenta kuma ta sadu da bakin idanu a makarantar da ta shiga.

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