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Kellie Magnus

Kellie Magnus 0000000114740104 Kellie Magnus is a Jamaican children's author and media writer. An alumna of Harvard and Columbia Universities, she's the Chair of the Kingston Book Festival and serves...

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Mervyn Morris

Mervyn Morris 0000000122796976 Born in 1937, Mervyn E. Morris is a renowned Jamaican poet and scholar. A Rhodes Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature, he was the...

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Ishi Robinson

Ishi Robinson NONE Ishi Robinson was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. A Canadian citizen, she has lived in Bern, Toronto, Rome, London and now lives in Berlin with her Czech husband. Her first ...

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Sandra A. Ottey

Sandra A. Ottey NONE Sandra A. Ottey, born in Kingston, Jamaica, is a US-based author known for 'Jamerican Connection' and its sequel. She holds a bachelor's degree from Medgar Evers College and a ma...

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Olive Senior

Olive Senior 0000000110714769 Jamaican-born Olive Senior is an accomplished scholar, journalist, and editor. Educated at Carleton University and the Thomson Foundation, she's held roles at the Daily ...

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Colin Channer

Colin Channer 0000000066632589 Colin Channer, born in Jamaica, is a celebrated author and editor known for his poetry collection 'Providential' and bestselling novel 'Waiting in Vain'. He's also the ...

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Neville Dawes

Neville Dawes 0000000434837562 Neville Augustus Dawes (1926-1984), born in Nigeria to Jamaican parents, was a writer and educator. Raised in Jamaica, he studied at Oxford University, taught in Jamaic...

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Oyinkan Braithwaite

Oyinkan Braithwaite 0000000472215924 Oyinkan Braithwaite, a Kingston University graduate in Creative Writing and Law, has worked in Nigerian publishing and children's entertainment. Now a freelance w...

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Racquel Williams

Racquel Williams NONE Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Racquel Williams moved to the US in 1992. After a difficult period leading to prison on drug charges, she turned her life around. Now living in Atlant...

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Marlon James

Marlon James 0000000072615785 Jamaican-born author Marlon James, featured on Mosaic Literary Magazine's cover, is a University of the West Indies literature graduate. His debut novel, John Crow’s Dev...

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Brittany J. Thurman

Brittany J. Thurman NONE Brittany J. Thurman, an MFA graduate in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon, is known for her plays produced in Aspen and NYC. An alumna of Kingston University, former chil...

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Sandy Daley

Sandy Daley NONE Sandy Daley, a versatile talent from Kingston, Jamaica, is an actress, author, and media personality known for her candidness. Her provocative novel, “Whose Vagina Is It, Really?” di...

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Thomas Glave

Thomas Glave NONE Bronx-born author Thomas Glave, educated at Bowdoin College and Brown University, is recognized for his contribution to LGBT literature. A Fulbright Scholar, he co-founded Jamaica's...

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Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson 000000005036716X Michael Robinson is an award-winning Visual Communications Consultant with expertise in photography, videography, sculpture, painting, and design. He co-owns a t-shi...

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Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall 0000000121381154 Stuart Hall (1932-2014) was a pioneering Jamaican-British cultural theorist, political activist, and founding editor of New Left Review. He significantly contributed to t...

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Stella Lim

Stella Lim NONE Stella Lim is a Korean illustrator based in Seoul. She studied fine art at the Seoul Women's University and illustration at Kingston University in London. She draws inspiration from ...

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Paulette A. Ramsay

Paulette A. Ramsay NONE Jamaican scholar, Paulette Ramsay, holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of the West Indies. She has worked at Berry College in the USA and currently lectures at the Un...

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Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips 0000000073657506 Esther Phillips, founder of The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair and editor of Bim magazine, is a highly decorated poet with an MFA in Creative Writing. She's won pr...

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Millicent Graham

Millicent Graham NONE Millicent A. A. Graham, born in 1974, is a Jamaican poet known for her collections 'The Damp In Things' (2009) and 'The Way Home' (2014). She was a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writ...

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Jacqueline Bishop

Jacqueline Bishop 0000000041919671 Born in 1971, Jacqueline Bishop is an accomplished Jamaican writer and visual artist. She's the founding editor of Calabash: A Journal of Caribbean Arts & Letters a...

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Sean Anderson

Sean Anderson 0000000078343215 Sean Anderson, son of Jamaican immigrants, is a New York-based writer, educator, and youth advocate. His works reflect his unique experiences growing up in 80s NYC and ...

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Shara McCallum

Shara McCallum 0000000078832377 Shara McCallum, a Jamaican author known for her poetry, has published four books and received prestigious recognitions including a Witter Bynner Fellowship. Her works ...

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Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh 0000000117591917 Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh (1944-1987), was a prominent Jamaican musician and activist. Raised in Trench Town, his musical skills were honed in church choir ...

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce NONE Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a Jamaican sprinter, rose to fame in 2008 as the first Caribbean woman to win 100m Olympic gold. In 2012, she successfully defended her title. Af...

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Joan Wright Lewis

Joan Wright Lewis NONE Jamaican-born author Joan Wright Lewis, now a US citizen, is known for her works that inspire youth and young adults to embrace self-love, pursue dreams, and foster genuine fri...

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Lorna Goodison

Lorna Goodison 0000000354889186 Jamaican-born Lorna Goodison, a former painter and art teacher, turned professional writer and acclaimed poet. Educated in Jamaica and New York, she has been honored w...

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Noel Hankin

Noel Hankin NONE Noel Hankin, founder of The Best of Friends, Inc., pioneered disco nightlife in NYC, paving the way for the disco explosion of the '70s. A retired executive from Moët Hennessy USA a...

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