Jacqueline Bishop

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Biography

Jacqueline Bishop is an award-winning writer and visual artist born in Jamaica, who now lives between London and New York City. Her book The Gymnast and Other Positions won the nonfiction category of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize. The Gift of Music and Song: Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers is forthcoming.

Awards

2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Nonfiction Winner, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Years Attended

2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant

Jacqueline Bishop

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Jamaica