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| Born | 24 November 1970 Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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| Period | 2002–present |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Literary movement | Postcolonialism |
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Marlon James (born 24 November 1970[1]) is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019), and Moon Witch, Spider King (2022).
Now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, James teaches literature at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[2][3] He is also a faculty lecturer at St. Francis College's Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing.[4]
- ^ "Man Booker Prize for Fiction Winner: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James" Archived 19 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, LiteraryFestivals.co.uk, 14 October 2015.
- ^ James, Marlon (10 March 2015). "From Jamaica to Minnesota to Myself". The New York Times.
- ^ Richards, Kimberley (14 October 2015), "Marlon James Becomes First Jamaican Winner Of Booker Prize", Huffington Post – Arts & Culture.
- ^ "Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing", St. Francis College.