Joan Riley

JR , born in Jamaica and living from her student days in England, began publishing in the 1980s. She has dealt with the experience of uprooting and resettlement in four novels, a number of short stories, and a jointly-edited anthology.

Milestones

26 May 1958

JR was born in St Mary, Jamaica, the youngest of eight children in her family.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

1 May 1985

JR 's first novel, The Unbelonging, was published by the Women's Press .
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

Biography

Names

Birth and Childhood