Marlon James

1970–

Jamaican novelist who won the 2015 Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings, a sprawling, multi-voiced novel built around the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley.

Timeline of Marlon James’s life

Works

• A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014)
• The Disappearers (2026)

Prizes

• The Disappearers — The Booker Prize 2026: Shortlist, Longlist
• A Brief History of Seven Killings — The Booker Prize 2015: Winner, Shortlist, Longlist