Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat, born in Haiti, came to the United States when she was twelve years old and published her first writings in English two years later. Her short stories have appeared in more than twenty-five periodicals and have been anthologized several times. She was nominated for a National Book Award, and won a Pushcart Short Story Prize as well as many fiction awards from The Caribbean Writer, Seventeen and Essence magazines. Her most recent book is Behind the Mountain (Orchard Books, 2002). She lives in Miami, Florida.
