Colin Channer’s works of fiction and poetry include the poetry collection Providential (Akashic Books, 2015) and the novella The Girl With the Golden Shoes (Akashic Books 2007). He was born in Jamaica; and raised there and in New York. Colin’s poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Poetry Review (UK), Agni, Harvard Review, Conjunctions and other venues. Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish his poetry collection Console in 2023.

Colin is the editor of two anthologies of fiction, Iron Balloons (Akashic Books, 2006) and Kingston Noir (Akashic Books, 2012). He is also coeditor with Kwame Dawes of the poetry anthology So Much Things to Say (Akashic Books, 2010). Colin’s awards include the Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship from Brown University, The Amy Clampitt Residency and fellowships in fiction and poetry from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA).