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Marlon James

1970 - Today

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Marlon James (born 24 November 1970) is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019), and Moon Witch, Spider King (2022). He wrote the limited series Get Millie Black. Now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, James teaches literature at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marlon James is the 7,153rd most popular writer (down from 7,084th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 101st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marlon James ranks 7,153 out of 7,302. Before him are Tom Bergeron, Nirupama Rao, Kristin Cashore, Hitomi Kanehara, Vince Flynn, and Tom Holland. After him are Owen Gleiberman, Marissa Meyer, Kate Grenville, James Vanderbilt, Simon Kuper, and Carter Bays.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Marlon James ranks 952. Before him are Hironari Iwamoto, Nicola Fairbrother, Seiichi Ogawa, Chris Henderson, Richard Šmehlík, and Emily Lloyd. After him are Josh Stamberg, Craig Mack, Deepa Malik, Kelly Holmes, Ellis Ferreira, and Riki Takasaki.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 117 out of 189. Before him are Jermaine Taylor (1985), Vybz Kartel (1976), Nalo Hopkinson (1960), Jak Ali Harvey (1989), Tessa Sanderson (1956), and Sandra Farmer-Patrick (1962). After him are Germaine Mason (1983), Sherone Simpson (1984), Kerron Stewart (1984), Lorraine Fenton (1973), Greg Haughton (1973), and Megan Tapper (1994).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 8. Before him are Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Claude McKay (1889), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), and Nalo Hopkinson (1960). After him are Claudia Rankine (1963).

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