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2026 Festival: Oct 18–25

Marlon James

United States

MARLON JAMES is the Booker Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Brief History of Seven Killings; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; as well as Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow’s Devil. In 2019, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.

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