Medie describes her fiction as being heavily influenced by her academic research into gender, violence, and politics. In 2021, she was named "Best Author" by the Ghanaian news station Citi TV at its annual Entertainment Achievement Awards. His Only Wife was well received, appearing on several lists of best new releases, including the New York Times' Staff Picks.
It was described as "A Cinderella story set in Ghana" by Kirkus. It deals with the struggles of modern marriage in Ghana and the interconnecting lives of three women, Afi, Evelyn, and Muna.
In 2020, she published her debut novel, His Only Wife. In addition to her academic work, Medie has produced several works of short fiction. She is on the editorial board of the journal Politics & Gender and co-edits the journal African Affairs.
It deals with post-conflict states' responses to violence against women. In 2020, Medie published her first book, the scholarly work Global Norms and Location Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Africa. Her scholarship focuses on gender, politics, and armed conflict. Her work was awarded the 2012–2013 African Affairs African Author Prize. She is now a senior lecturer in gender and international politics at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Medie worked as a research fellow at the University of Ghana and a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. She then completed her postgraduate studies in the United States, where she obtained a Ph.D. She received a bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Ghana. Medie was born in Liberia and moved to Ghana as a child, where she studied at OLA Girls Senior High School. Peace Adzo Medie is a Liberian-born Ghanaian academic and writer of both fiction and nonfiction.
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