Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid (b. Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, 25 May 1949 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is an Antiguan-American novelist. She currently lives in Vermont with her husband, Allen Shawn, the son of The New Yorker's longtime editor William Shawn.

Works

• "Girl," short story (June 26, 1978, appeared in The New Yorker)
• At the Bottom of the River (1983)
• Annie John (1985)
• A Small Place (1988)
• Lucy (1990)
• "On Seeing England for the First Time," essay (1991, appeared in Harper's Magazine)
• The Autobiography of My Mother (1995)
• My Brother (1997)
• My Favorite Plant (editor; 1998)
• My Garden (1999)
• Talk Stories (2000)
• Mr. Potter (2002)