Lawrence Scott, an award-winning Caribbean novelist and short-story writer, was born on a sugar estate in Trinidad. 'Witchbroom' was first published in 1992 and was a BBC Radio Book at Bedtime. Three of his books were shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize and he is a past winner of the Tom-Gallon Trust short-story award. His latest collection of short stories, Leaving by Plane Swimming back Underwater was published in 2015. He lives and works in London and Port of Spain, Trinidad. www.lawrencescott.co.uk
"What a powerful writer...a Caribbean 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'." (Fay Weldon); "Rare and magical. The first of its kind...wonderful evocative language; complete emotional range; a loving, touching insight into human and family relationships." (Sam Selvon); "An impressively written work by a very gifted writer...subtle but compelling...strange and intriguing fiction with its layers of incurable pathos." (Wilson Harris in Wasafiri magazine)
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