Who is Jamaica Kincaid?

Jamaica Kincaid in September 2019

Jamaica Kincaid (born May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda). She lives in North Bennington, Vermont (in the United States), during the summers, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University during the academic year.

Her novels are loosely autobiographical, though Kincaid has warned against interpreting their autobiographical elements too literally