Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat is a bestselling Haitian-American novelist, essayist, speaker, and short story writer. She is the author of several books, including: Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist Everything Inside Beginnings, Salt, and the Lion's Mouth The Farming of Bones The Dew Breaker Brother, I'm Dying Create Dangerously Claire of the Sea Light After the Dance She is also the editor of several literary collections, such as: The Butterfly's...See more

Edwidge Danticat is a bestselling Haitian-American novelist, essayist, speaker, and short story writer. She is the author of several books, including: Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist Everything Inside Beginnings, Salt, and the Lion's Mouth The Farming of Bones The Dew Breaker Brother, I'm Dying Create Dangerously Claire of the Sea Light After the Dance She is also the editor of several literary collections, such as: The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States Best American Essays 2011 Haiti Noir Haiti Noir 2 Additionally, Danticat has written several books for children and young adults, including: Mama's Nightingale Eight Days My Mommy Medicine Anacaona Behind the Mountains The Last Mapou Untwine Her first memoir, Brother, I'm Dying, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. She is a 2009 MacArthur fellow, a 2018 Ford Foundation "The Art of Change" fellow, and the winner of the 2018 Neustadt International Prize. See less