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Joanne
Hyppolite holds a B.A. in English from
the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in
English from The University of Miami. She has
published two popular children's books, Seth
and Samona (Delacorte Press, 1995) which
won the Marguerite DeAngeli Prize for New Children's
Fiction and Ola Shakes It Up (Delacorte,
1998). Her short stories have appeared in The
Caribbean Writer and inThe Butterfly's
Way: Voices From the Haitian Dyaspora.
Maude
Heurtelou holds an undergraduate degree
from the San Carlos University/UNCAP in Guatemala
and a master's degree in public health nutrition
education. She has written twenty children's books
and two novels, Lafami Bonplezi and Sezisman,
in Haitian Creole.
Liliane
Nerette Louis is the author of When
Night Falls, Kric! Krac! (Libraries Unlimited,1999).
She holds a master's degree in Human Resources
from Barry University. Well known as a mèt
kont, or master storyteller, Ms. Louis has
presented programs in schools, libraries, and
universities across the country.
Michèle
Jessica Fièvre is the author of
Le Feu de la Vengeance, La Bête,
L'Homme au Pardessus Jaune, La Statuette
Maléfique, Thalassophobie,
Les Hommes en Rouge, Métamorphose,
Le Fantôme de Lisbeth, and Les
Fantasmes de Sophie. Her short stories and
poems have appeared in P'an Ku.
Fabienne
Josaphat is the author of Requiem
pour Anaise. She holds a BA in Professional
Writing from Barry University and has published
articles in newspapers and magazines.
Marie
Ketsia Theodore-Pharel is the author
of the following picture book titles:
I'll Fly Away, A Fish Called Tanga,
Keeper of the Sky, Daughter of the
House, and One More Daughter, America.
She is the author of Haiti: a Cigarette Burning
at Both Ends in Butterfly Ways: Voices
from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States
edited by Edwidge Danticat. Her short stories
have appeared in the following literaty magazines:
Compost, African Homefront,
Onyx, and Watermark. She was
born in Port au Prince, Haiti in 1974. She moved
to Boston at the age of ten where she was educated.
She has a B.A. from Tufts University and a M.A.
from the University of Massachusetts. She lives
in Homestead, FL with her husband and daughter.
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