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Marlon James, author portrait
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Marlon James

Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. He is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction, and the Minnesota Book Award. It was also a New York Times Notable Book. James is also the author of The Book of Night Women, which won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and an NAACP Image Award. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. James divides his time between Minnesota and New York.
Moon Witch, Spider King
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
The Book of Night Women

How Writers Build Authenticity Into Diverse Worlds Full Panel | New York Comic Con 2018

Books

Moon Witch, Spider King
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
The Book of Night Women

Media

How Writers Build Authenticity Into Diverse Worlds Full Panel | New York Comic Con 2018

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