The Writers' Summit - Keynote Speaker: Nalo Hopkinson
Keynote Speaker: Nalo Hopkinson
Saturday, June 18, 2016
8:00pm 9:00pm
Nalo Hopkinson, born in Jamaica, has lived in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana, and for the past 35 years in Canada. She is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, USA. She is the author of six novels, a short story collection, and a chapbook. Hopkinson's work has received Honourable Mention in Cuba's "Casa de las Americas" literary prize. She is a recipient of the Warner Aspect First Novel Award, the Ontario Arts Council Foundation Award for emerging writers, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the Locus Award for Best New Writer, the World Fantasy Award, the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic (twice), the Aurora Award, the Gaylactic Spectrum Award, and the Norton Award. A new short story collection, Falling in Love With Hominids, was released in 2015 from Tachyon Publications.
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