Marlon James

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Biography

Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. His most recent novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, is the first novel in James’s Dark Star trilogy. His previous novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, was the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, The American Book Award, and The Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize for fiction. He is also the author of the novels John Crow’s Devil and The Book of Night Women. He lives in Minnesota, USA.

Awards

2015 Man Booker Prize Winner, 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction Winner, Man Booker Prize, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Years Attended

2011, 2011 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2013, 2013 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 Featured Speaker, 2016 Workshop Facilitator, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2019 Featured Speaker, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Featured Speaker

Marlon James

Author
Jamaica
Events Featuring Marlon James
2025
The Books That Made Me: Lovelace Special Edition
Festival Programme Event
Fiction Event
Event Date: May 4, 2025 @ 2:30 pm
Old Fire Station
2019
Fiction with Nalo Hopkinson and Marlon James
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
Time Machine: a big night of literature and music at the Big Black Box
Festival Programme Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
Big Black Box
2016
Crafts of fiction masterclass #2, with Marlon James
Festival Programme, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2016
Shakespeare and me
Big Ideas, Festival Programme, Shakespeare + Cervantes Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
One-on-one with Marlon James
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
Crafts of fiction masterclass #1 with Marlon James
Festival Programme, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2015
OCM Bocas Prize: Celebrating the 2015 winners
Awards, Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Awards Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2013
A National Literature?
Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2013
Getting started
Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2011
Marlon James and Tiphanie Yanique
Festival Programme Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2011
Does “Caribbean literature” Really Exist?
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2011
What Happens Next: How to Build a Plot
Festival Programme Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
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