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James, Marlon

James, Marlon

Author Biography & Works

Marlon James is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of six 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), Moon Witch, Spider King (2022), and The Disappearers (2026). He also wrote the limited television series Get Millie Black.

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Books by James, Marlon

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier,...

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