Gillian Lee-Fong-Farris  Texan Gillian Lee-Fong-Farris returned
to her Jamaican roots to find the setting for her novels.
Gillian Lee-Fong-Farris photo used with permissionBorn in
Jamaica, she moved to the United States at age 15. She lived in
New York and Atlanta for many years. She earned degrees at Agnes
Scott College in Atlanta and went on to teach English to middle
schoolers in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.  Her book celebrates a
multi-culturalism that Lee-Fong-Farris herself embodies. She's
the granddaughter of a man from China and a woman from Africa.
She began writing at a young age-publishing poetry in her school
newspaper and writing comic books, plays, and movie scripts
which she kept hidden away in her closet. It was only after
graduating, marrying, and having four daughters that she
published her first novel.    --B. Redman