Kwei Quartey is a crime fiction writer and physician based in Pasadena, California.
Quartey was born in Ghana, West Africa, to a Ghanaian father and black American mother, both of whom were lecturers at the University of Ghana.
As a crime fiction writer, Kwei made the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List in 2009. The following year, the National Book Club voted him Best Male Author. His Detective Inspector Darko Dawson series is set in Ghana. A second series with female PI Emma Djan, also set in Ghana, debuts January 2020.