Marlon James
- Born
- 1970 · Kingston.
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Occupation
- novelist · writer · literary scholar
- Fields
- novelist
- Education
- University of the West Indies · Wilkes University · Wolmer's Schools
- Known for
- A Brief History of Seven Killings · The Book of Night Women
- Honours
- Booker Prize · Silver Musgrave Medal · American Book Awards · Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction and Fantasy & Speculative Fiction · Locus Award for Best Horror Novel
- Languages
- English
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Marlon James studied at University of the West Indies, Wilkes University and Wolmer's Schools. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is novelist. Works named in the authority record are A Brief History of Seven Killings and The Book of Night Women. Distinctions recorded are Booker Prize, Silver Musgrave Medal, American Book Awards and Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.
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