--- title: Marlon James | TIME description: James is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killingswon the 2015 Man Booker Prize. canonical: https://time.com/author/marlon-james/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/marlon-james/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Marlon James ## Marlon James James is the author of the _New York Times_\-bestseller [_Black Leopard, Red Wolf_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735220174/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0735220174&linkId=4ad35474b6a608bc0041fd3fe2f4ecb0), which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019\. His novel [_A Brief History of Seven Killings_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594633940/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1594633940&linkId=1724a786ed89c6284dfddea8e5161f9c)won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. ## Marlon James *  Jan 23, 2020 ### [What a Landmark LGBTQ Case Reveals About Two Clashing Visions of America](https://time.com/5768865/marlon-james-lgbtq-case-america/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 9, 2019 ### [Toni Morrison Made Words Burn and Cry: Marlon James on His Biggest Hero](https://time.com/5649144/toni-morrison-made-words-burn-and-cry-marlon-james-on-his-biggest-hero/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/marlon-james/","name":"Marlon James"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/marlon-james/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/marlon-james/"},"name":"Marlon James","jobTitle":null,"description":"James is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killingswon the 2015 Man Booker Prize.","url":"https://time.com/author/marlon-james/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```