Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. His most recent novel, A Brief History Of Seven Killings, won 2015 Man Booker Prize. In the book, James explores multiple genres: the political thriller, the oral biography, and the classic whodunit to confront the untold history of Jamaica in the late 1970’s, the assassination attempt on Bob Marley, and the country’s own clandestine battles of the cold war. His second novel, The Book of Night Women, won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, The Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and was a New York Times Editor’s Choice. James’ short fiction has appeared in Esquire, Kingston Noir, and Silent Voices, and his nonfiction has appeared in Granta, Publisher’s Weekly, and The Caribbean Review of Books. He teaches at Macalester College. He will read from his work.