Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, author EDWIDGE DANTICAT came to the United States at the age of 12 and long called Miami home, where she was an active member and supporter of the city’s large Haitian community. She has written numerous books, including her critically acclaimed debut novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; Mama’s Nightingale, a heartbreaking and beautifully illustrated picture book about immigration; The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story, a memoir-like reflection on her mother’s battle with cancer and an examination of how other writers approach the subject of death; and her most recent book, Everything Inside: Stories, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a 2018 Neustadt International Prize for Literature winner and the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant. Her inspiring words and work have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, and elsewhere.
