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Day 31 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Curdella Forbes is a Jamaican academic and author, winner of the Hurston/Wri...
03/31/2026

Day 31 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Curdella Forbes is a Jamaican academic and author, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction for A Tall History of Sugar. Forbes has been professor of Caribbean literature at Howard University since 2004 after working at the University of the West Indies, Mona, which was where she also received her doctorate in 2000.

Notable Books:
- Ghosts
- A Tall History of Sugar
- A Permanent Freedom

Day 30 of 31 days of Jamaican women author Claudia Rankine was born September 4, 1963.Claudia is a Jamaican-American poe...
03/30/2026

Day 30 of 31 days of Jamaican women author

Claudia Rankine was born September 4, 1963.Claudia is a Jamaican-American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies.

Notable Books:
- Citizen: An American Lyric
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
- The White Card: A Play

Day 29 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Kayla Perrin is a Jamaican-born Canadian author and actor who has written ro...
03/29/2026

Day 29 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Kayla Perrin is a Jamaican-born Canadian author and actor who has written romance novels, children's books, and suspense novels. She has received an Arts Acclaim Award for her writing from the city of Brampton, Ontario. Perrin received the Harry Jerome Award for excellence inKayla Perrin is a Jamaican-born Canadian author and actor who has written romance novels, children's books, and suspense novels. She has received an Arts Acclaim Award for her writing from the city of Brampton, Ontario. Perrin received the Harry Jerome Award for excellence in the arts in 2011

Notable Books:
- Heart to Heats (2012)
- Island Love Songs (2013)
- Until Now (2013)
- The Night I Met Zane (2026)

Day 28 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Donna Hemans grew up in Brown's Town, Jamaica. At sixteen, she left Jamaica...
03/29/2026

Day 28 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Donna Hemans grew up in Brown's Town, Jamaica. At sixteen, she left Jamaica to complete her education in New York City, She currently lives in Maryland and works in Washington, D.C. as a wire service reporter.

Notable Books:
- The House of Plain Truth
- Tea by the Sea

Day 27 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author. She is best known for writing yo...
03/29/2026

Day 27 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author. She is best known for writing young adult novels. Yoon grew up in Jamaica and in Brooklyn, New York. She majored in electrical engineering as an undergraduate at Cornell University. Taking a creative writing class as an elective got her hooked on writing After graduation, she attended the Master of Creative Writing program at Emerson College.

Notable Books:
- Everything, Everything
- The Sun Is Also a Star
- Instructions for Dancing

Day 26 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Kim Robinson Walcott is a Jamaican poet and editor. She has been the editor-...
03/29/2026

Day 26 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Kim Robinson Walcott is a Jamaican poet and editor. She has been the editor-in-chief of the Jamaica Journal since 2004 and editor-in-chief of the Caribbean Quarterly since 2010.

Notable Books:
- Pat the Cat and the Gangsta Bat
- Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing

Day 25 of 31 days of Jamaican Women authors Una Maud Victoria Marson was born on February 6, 1905 and died on May 6, 1...
03/29/2026

Day 25 of 31 days of Jamaican Women authors

Una Maud Victoria Marson was born on February 6, 1905 and died on May 6, 1965. Uma was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes. Uma travelled to London in 1932 and became the first black woman to be employed by the BBC, during World War II. In 1942, she became producer of the programme Calling the West Indies, turning it into Caribbean Voices, which became an important forum for Caribbean literary work

Notable Books:
- Pocomanía and London Calling ( 2017)
- Una Marson: Selected Poems Paperback – (2011)

Day 24 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Born in Jamaica and educated at MIT, Stephanie Saulter lived in the United S...
03/24/2026

Day 24 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Born in Jamaica and educated at MIT, Stephanie Saulter lived in the United States for fifteen years before moving to London where she has lived since 2003. She studied genetics and anthropology and worked with marginalized communities and urban regeneration.

Notable Works:
- Audiovisionary (2014)
- The Jo Fletcher Books Anthology (2016)
- Energy in SF: A Conversation (2016)

Day 23 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors Opal Palmer Adisa was raised ten miles outside Kingston, Jamaica, and attend...
03/24/2026

Day 23 of 31 days of Jamaican women authors

Opal Palmer Adisa was raised ten miles outside Kingston, Jamaica, and attended school in the capital. In 1970 she went to study at Hunter College, New York, and in 1979 moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue an MA in creative writing
Notable Books:
- The Storyteller's Return
- 4-Headed Woman
- Bake-Face And Other Guava Stories

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