Born: January 19, 1969, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Emigrated: 1981, age 12, to Brooklyn, New York - Education: Barnard College (BA); Brown University (MFA) - Roles: Novelist, memoirist, essayist - Language: Writes in English - Legacy: Haiti's most internationally recognized living novelist; the defining literary voice of the Haitian diaspora in English
TimelineAcross the historical record.
- 1937-10
1937 Parsley Massacre
parsley-massacre — the historical event reconstructed in *The Farming of Bones*
- 2004-02-29
2004 Coup Haiti
coup-haiti — triggers the events of *Brother, I'm Dying*; the political backdrop for *The Dew Breaker*
- 2010-01-12
2010 Earthquake
earthquake — addressed in *Create Dangerously* essays; shapes the post-earthquake cultural landscape she writes within