Open Minds Book Series 2022-2023

Esi Edugyan

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Victoria, Esi Edugyan was raised in Calgary, Alberta. Esi Edugyan is author of the novels The Second Life of Samuel Tyne and Half-Blood Blues, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Orange Prize. She has held fellowships in the US, Scotland, Iceland, Germany, Hungary, Finland, Spain, and Belgium. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. She currently lives in Vancouver Canada. 

• On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society.

Learn more about slave societies in Barbados where this story takes place. 

• A History of Barbados

Learn more about the country of Barbados where the book takes place.

• History of Hot Air Balloons

Learn more about the history of hot air balloons as this is how George travels in the book. 

• Penguin Random House Publisher's Page for Washington Black

Official publishers page for the book Washington Black. 

• Washington Black Summary and Keynotes

Summary page that offers brief synopsis of each chapter in Washington Black. 

• Esi Edugyan by Lyceum Agency

More information on the life of the author, Esi Edugyan. 

References

Harper Collins Canada. (n.d.). Esi Edugyan. https://www.harpercollins.ca/author/cr-167907/esi-edugyan/.

Penguin Random House. (n.d.). Esi Edugyan. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/57816/esi-edugyan/#:~:text=Esi%20Edugyan%20%7C%20Penguin%20Random%20House.