Edwidge Danticat

About the Author

Edwidge Danticat was born January 19, 1969 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the age of two, her dad, Andre, immigrated to New York from Haiti and her mom, Rose, followed two years later. Her and Eliab, her younger brother, were then raised by her uncle and aunt. Her formal education in Haiti was in French, while at home, she spoke Haitian Creole. When she was only twelve years old, she moved to the United States. Danticat began writing when she was only nine years old, and turned to writing to deal with the disorientation to her new surroundings. She wrote about the immigration experience in a piece called “A New World Full of Strangers”. When she was done, she still felt like her story was not finished, and it compelled her to pen a short story that would become her first novel, called “Breat. Edwidge Danticat is the author of over 157 books across 8 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Edwidge Danticat has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.