Palace of the Peacock - Wilson Harris

Kincaid, Jamaica: - Jamaica Kincaid was born in Antigua in 1949. In 1965 she left for America to work as an au pair before studying photography and launching her career as a legendary author, working as a staff writer at the New Yorker from 1974 to 1996. Her first book in 1983 was the story collection At The Bottom of the River , and her acclaimed novels include Annie John , Lucy , The Autobiography of My Mother , and Mr Potter . She has also written non-fiction, such as her chronicle of her brother's battle with AIDS, My Brother , as well as My Garden and Among Flowers . She is currently Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.