Nkem says she has "been a teacher, NGO consultant, banker, skate-hire attendant, and researcher and have worked for the government both in Nigeria and Scotland." Nkem moved to Seattle in the United States after she got married, and currently lives there with her husband though she visits Nigeria regularly for work and vacations. Pseudonym Of her pseudonym, Nkem has said: "Myne Whitman is a name I coined myself when I began to write seriously while still in secondary school. Most of the books I read were in English, and since I was writing in English too, I decided my name would be the same. So the pseudonym is a play on the transliterated words of my maiden name, Nkem Okotcha." Writing Nkem says she has had a long-running relationship with writing. While in primary school, she wrote children's adventures for her siblings to read. She wrote some poetry in secondary school, and started writing again, this time in the romance genre, when she entered university. A dry spell followed while she tried to build a career until she resumed writing in 2009 after she got married. Nkem has written two popular romance novels, A Heart to Mend and A Love Rekindled.
Nkem says they have "been a teacher, NGO consultant, banker, skate-hire attendant, and researcher and have worked for the government both in Nigeria and Scotland." Nkem moved to Seattle in the United States after they got married, and currently lives there with their partner though they visit Nigeria regularly for work and vacations. Pseudonym
 Of their pseudonym, Nkem has said: "Myne White is a name I coined myself when I began to write seriously while still in secondary school. Most of the books I read were in English, and since I was writing in English too, I decided my name would be the same. So the pseudonym is a play on the transliterated words of my maiden name, Nkem Okotcha." Writing
 Nkem says they have had a long-running relationship with writing. While in primary school, they wrote children's adventures for their siblings to read. They wrote some poetry in secondary school, and started writing again, this time in the romance genre, when they entered university. A dry spell followed while they tried to build a career until they resumed writing in 2009 after they got married. Nkem has written two popular romance novels, A Heart to Mend and A Love Rekindled.