Cherie Jones is a mother-of-four, writer and lawyer. She graduated with distinction from the MA programme at Sheffield Hallam University in 2015, where she was awarded the AM Heath Prize and the Archie Markham Award.
Indra Rudder is a Barbadian singer/songwriter, voice tutor, author, and nature tour guide. She is founder of Island Moon Music and is also known as the recording artist Indrani.
Tennyson S D Joseph holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Political Science, and Head of the Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Ind
Karen Lord, a Barbadian author and research consultant, is known for her debut novel Redemption in Indigo, which won the 2008 Frank Collymore Literary Award, the 2010 Carl Brandon Parallax Award, the 2011 William L.
Elaine Savory has published widely on Caribbean and African literatures, especially poetry, drama and theater and women's writing. She has written extensively on Jean Rhys and Kamau Brathwaite, and has also published poetry.
Joanne C Hillhouse has five published books of fiction – the Boy from Willow Bend – which is taught at schools in Anguilla and Antigua, Dancing Nude in the Moonlight – an anniversary edition of which has been published as Dancing Nude in the Moonl
"Stephen Sandiford: this father of two beautiful daughters is an avid reader of poetry, science-fiction, and Dr Seuss. He crafts the occasional poem while working on the sustainable development of our Caribbean region."
BERNICE L McFADDEN is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012
Allison Cadogan is the First Prize winner of the prestigious Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award 2016, and has published excerpts of this and other winning work, How to Skin a Cat in 5 Easy Steps, in literary journal, Arts Etc.
