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Marlon James, author portrait
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Marlon James

Marlon James is the Booker Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Brief History of Seven Killings; the bestselling and National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; as well as the bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow’s Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize, James’s novels have won the American Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, and the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, and have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the NAACP Image Award. In 2019, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.
The Disappearers
Moon Witch, Spider King
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
The Book of Night Women

Wed Sep 02 | 06:00 PM
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Coral Gables, FL 33134-5046
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Greenville, SC 29601-2778
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Center for Fiction
15 Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1415
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GWU Dorothy Betts Theatre
800 21st St NW
Washington, DC 20052
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Cuyahoga Public Library, Sari Feldman Auditorium
2121 Snow Road
Parma, OH 44134
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The O'Shaughnessy
2004 Randolph Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55105
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Mark Taper Auditorium - Central Library
630 W. 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Portland, OR 97209
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Decatur, GA 30030
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Books

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

Events

Wed Sep 02 | 06:00 PM
The Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Google Map

Thu Sep 03 | 07:00 PM
First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor
120 S State St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Google Map

Fri Sep 04
THE LYNX
601 S MAIN ST
GAINESVILLE, FL 32601-6719
Google Map

Sat Sep 05 | 05:00 PM
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134-5046
Google Map

Sun Sep 06
M Judson Booksellers
135 S Main St
Greenville, SC 29601-2778
Google Map

Wed Sep 09 | 07:00 PM
Center for Fiction
15 Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1415
Google Map

Thu Sep 10 | 07:00 PM
GWU Dorothy Betts Theatre
800 21st St NW
Washington, DC 20052
Google Map

Fri Sep 11 | 07:00 PM
Cuyahoga Public Library, Sari Feldman Auditorium
2121 Snow Road
Parma, OH 44134
Google Map

Sat Sep 12 | 07:00 PM
The O'Shaughnessy
2004 Randolph Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55105
Google Map

Wed Sep 16
Mark Taper Auditorium - Central Library
630 W. 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Google Map

Thu Sep 17 | 06:00 PM
Powell's Books
1005 W Burnside St
Portland, OR 97209
Google Map

Fri Sep 18 | 07:00 PM
First Baptist Church of Decatur
308 Clairemont Ave
Decatur, GA 30030
Google Map

Media

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

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