Dayo was born in Gambia and now lives in Kenya. She has published a short story in Kwani?, Kenya’s literary magazine, and was one of twelve African writers selected as a participant for the 2006 Caine Prize Writer’s Workshop.

Dayo’s first novel Reading The Ceiling was published by Simon & Schuster (UK) in May 2007, and was widely praised by the British literary press. It was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writer’s Prize in 2007.