Aminah

Aminah edited the bio of Kuwana Haulsey Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

• Edited Place of Birth: New York,New York,U.S.A.
• Edited Gender: Female
• Edited Nationality: African American
• Edited Official Website: http://kuwanahaulsey.com
• Genres: African American Literature, Fiction, Biographies

Aminah edited the summary of Kuwana Haulsey Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

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  Kuwana Haulsey is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Red Moon (Villard) and Angel of Harlem (One World/Ballantine).
  
  As a 2007 Penn/Faulkner Foundation honoree, Kuwana was named one of three New Voices in American Literature. That year, Angel of Harlem was chosen to be a featured
  
  
  book in the international book festival, Literaire Lente, in Europe. It was also named a 2007 Winner of the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.
  
  In 2005 the Blackboard Bestsellers organization gave Angel of Harlem the Medal of Courage, an award created specifically to honor the book. Along with Spike Lee and Octavia Butler, Blackboard invited Kuwana to be a featured speaker at the Chicago book festival.
  
  The Red Moon was chosen as a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year. It also won a finalist prize at the Hurston-Wright Legacy Awards.
  
  In addition to writing novels, Kuwana is also a freelance journalist and editor. She served as the editor and artistic director for the book Inspirations of the Heart by Michael Bernard Beckwith. As an editor of the biography Hal Jackson: The House That Jack Built, Kuwana was part of the team that brought the legendary story of broadcast pioneer Hal Jackson to life. Published by Harper Collins in 2001, the book was showcased at The Smithsonian Institute. She also co-authored the detective novel Who Killed Tiffany Jones? (Harper Collins)
  
  Kuwana has taught at the UCLA Extension Program, the Penn/Faulkner “Writers in Schools” Program, Rutgers University as a guest lecturer and at the Agape International Spiritual Center. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their spoiled pets. She’s in the process of completing her third novel, Fracture.
  
  Courtesy of kuwanahaulsey.com
  
  
  

Aminah changed Kuwana Haulsey's author image Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

Aminah edited the summary of Marlon James Saturday, March 20, 2010.

• Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1991 with a degree in literature. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book The Book of Night Women , released in 2009, was a new york times best seller. Marlon James currently lives in Minneapolis.
  
  
  Sources: the penguin review
  penguinusa
  
  

Aminah edited the summary of Marlon James Saturday, March 20, 2010.

• Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1991 with a degree in literature. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book The Book of Night Women , released in 2009, was a new york times best seller. Marlon James currently lives in Minneapolis.
  
  
  Sources: the penguin review
  

Aminah changed Marlon James's author image Saturday, March 20, 2010.

Aminah edited the summary of Marlon James Saturday, March 20, 2010.

• Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1991 with a degree in literature. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book The Book of Night Women , released in 2009, was a new york times best seller. Marlon James currently lives in Minneapolis.
  

Aminah edited the bio of Marlon James Saturday, March 20, 2010.

• Edited Date of Birth: November 16, 19761970
• Genres: Fiction,Fiction, Slavery, History

Aminah edited the bio of Marlon James Saturday, March 20, 2010.

• Edited Date of Birth: November 16, 1976
• Edited Place of Birth: Kingston,,Jamaica
• Edited Gender: Male
• Edited Nationality: Jamaican
• Edited Official Website: http://marlon-james.blogspot.com/
• Genres: Fiction,

Aminah changed Marlon James's author image Saturday, March 20, 2010.