Jamaican-Canadian author PAMELA MORDECAI writes stories and poems for adults and children. A former language arts teacher with a PhD in English, she has authored/co-authored numerous textbooks and edited/co-edited groundbreaking anthologies of Caribbean writing, especially the writing of women. Her poetry for children is widely anthologized and used in textbooks and online curricula in the US, UK, Europe, West Africa, the Caribbean and the Far East.
She has published six books of poetry, most recently Subversive Sonnets (TSAR, 2012) and de book of Mary: A Performance Poem (Mawenzi House, 2015). Her debut novel, Red Jacket was shortlisted for the 2015 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Award. de Man: A Performance Poem, a verse play in Jamaican Creole about the crucifixion of Jesus, has been performed across Canada and in the Caribbean. She and her husband, Martin, have recently relocated to Toronto.
Photo Credit: David Mordecai