WRITER

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 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Marlon James is the 7,277th most popular writer (down from 7,084th in 2024), the 119th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 100th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marlon James ranks 7,277 out of 7,302. Before him are Kristin Cashore, Chuck Hogan, Hitomi Kanehara, Vince Flynn, Tom Holland, and Jeff Pinkner. After him are Jessikka Aro, Simon Stålenhag, Slavcho Koviloski, Owen Gleiberman, Philip Ball, and Marissa Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Marlon James ranks 1,117. Before him are Andrian Dushev, Seiichi Ogawa, Chris Henderson, Dagmar Kersten, Richard Šmehlík, and Emily Lloyd. After him are Josh Stamberg, Craig Mack, Tamzin Outhwaite, Deepa Malik, Kelly Holmes, and Fabio Maj.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Marlon James ranks 119 out of 189. Before him are Vybz Kartel (1976), Nalo Hopkinson (1960), Leon Edwards (1991), 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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