Chancy, Myriam J. A.

Myriam J.A. Chancy is the author of both non-fiction and fiction, including "Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women" (1997), "Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile" (1997), which won a Choice OAB Award for 1998, and "Spirit of Haiti" (2003), shortlisted for Best First Book, Canada/Caribbean region, Commonwealth Prize 2004. "The Loneliness of Angels" (2010) was shortlisted in the fiction category of the OCM Bocas Prize in Caribbean Literature 2011 and won the 2011 Guyana Prize in Literature Caribbean Award, Best Fiction 2010. Chancy sits on the editor