Life

She has lived in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, England

England

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 and Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

.
She studied at Alpha Academy

ALPHA Academy

The ALPHA program is a learning program. It allows an alternative route to graduation for students who have not been successful in the traditional setting. The program is not intended for students with discipline problems. Opportunities are offered for students to complete the appropriate...

, Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

; Troy University

Troy University

Troy University is a public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was originally founded in 1887 as Troy Normal School. Its main campus enrollment is 7,194 students. The total enrollment of all Troy University campuses is 29,689...

, and Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, focusing on languages, art and journalism.

She worked for the New York Times Group, CBS

CBS

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, FM Le Soir as a deejay, The Wall Street Journal Europe, and other organizations. She taught at the Free University of Brussels

Free University of Brussels

The Free University of Brussels was a university in Brussels, Belgium. In 1969, it split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel....

 in Communications. She lives with her family, three horses, two parrots and a cat in Paris, TX.

Writing career

Her first collection of short stories, Satellite City, won the 1993 regional Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Canada and the Caribbean). Her second book, When the Rain Stopped in Natland is a novella for young readers, and has been included on the literacy program in several schools.

That was followed by a novella for teenagers, Doctor's Orders, which is a part-adventure, part-detective story, with mostly teenage characters, set in the Caribbean; and Stories From Yard. Her latest book is Sweetheart

Sweetheart

Sweetheart can be:*The term of endearment applied to a person's significant other**Childhood sweetheart*Forgetful of bringing drinks to fellow coworkers*Sweetheart , recorded by Rainy Davis and re-recorded by Mariah Carey and Jermaine Dupri...

, a novel.

Works

• Satellite City, Longman
  Longman
  Longman was a publishing company founded in London, England in 1724. It is now an imprint of Pearson Education.-Beginnings:The Longman company was founded by Thomas Longman , the son of Ezekiel Longman , a gentleman of Bristol. Thomas was apprenticed in 1716 to John Osborn, a London bookseller, and...
  
  , 1992, ISBN 9780582086883
• When the Rain Stopped in Natland, Illustrator Guy Parker-Rees, Longman, 1995, ISBN 9780582122451
• Doctor's Orders, Heinemann
  Heinemann (book publisher)
  Heinemann is a UK publishing house founded by William Heinemann in Covent Garden, London in 1890. On William Heinemann's death in 1920 a majority stake was purchased by U.S. publisher Doubleday. It was later acquired by commemorate Thomas Tilling in 1961...
  
  , 2005, ISBN 9780435988272
• Stories from Yard, Peepal Tree Press
  Peepal Tree Press
  Peepal Tree Press, based in England, publishes Caribbean, Black British and South Asian fiction, poetry and academic books.Peepal Tree is a wholly independent company, founded in 1985, and now publishes around 30-40 books a year. Peepal Tree Press has published over 250 titles, and states a...
  
  , 2005, ISBN 9781900715621
• Sweetheart, Peepal Tree Press Ltd., 2011, ISBN 9781845231774

External links

• "BATISSEUSES DE PAIX COMPRISES JEWISH, MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN WOMEN", Noticias Financieras, 2009