| |  | Lorna Goodison (born 1947) is a Jamaican poet, a leading West Indian writer of the generation born after World War II, currently dividing her time... |  | Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer who focuses on issues relating to black women. |  | Marie-Elena John is a Caribbean writer whose first novel, "Unburnable", was published in 2006. She was born and raised in Antigua and is a former... |  | Shani Mootoo (born 1958 in Ireland) is a Trinidadian-Canadian writer and artist whose family has traversed the cultures of India, Ireland, England,... |  | Michelle Cliff (born 24 October, 1946) is a Jamaican-American author whose notable works include "No Telephone to Heaven", "Abeng", and "Free... |  | Jamaica Kincaid (b. Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, 25 May 1949 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is an Antiguan-American novelist. |  | Sylvia Wynter (born 1928 in Cuba) is a Caribbbean novelist, dramatist and essayist. Wynter's parents were Jamaican, and she returned to Jamaica as... |  | Maryse Condé is a Guadeloupean, French language author of historical fiction, best known for her novel "Segu" (1984-1985). Maryse Condé was born at... | | | Elizabeth Nunez is a novelist, distinguished professor of English, and chair of the English Department at Medgar Evers College–CUNY, in Brooklyn, Ne... |  | Jean Rhys, originally Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a Caribbean novelist who wrote in the mid 20th century. Her first four novels were... | |
