*Danticat, Edwidge: - Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory *, an Oprah's Book Club selection; * Krik? Krak!,a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones,an American Book Award winner; and the novel-in-stories, The Dew Breaker *. She is the editor of...

*Danticat, Edwidge: - Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory *, an Oprah's Book Club selection; * Krik? Krak!,a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones,an American Book Award winner; and the novel-in-stories, The Dew Breaker *. She is the editor of The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Diaspora in the United States and * The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures, Haiti Noir and Haiti Noir 2,and Best American Essays 2011 . She has written several books for young adults and children-- Anacaona, Behind the Mountains, Eight Days, The Last Mapou, Mama's Nightingale, and Untwine--as well as a travel narrative, After the Dance, A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel.Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying *, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. She is a 2009 MacArthur Fellow.