Karen Lord
Barbadian writer of speculative fiction and sociologist of religion.
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- Karen Lord is a Barbadian writer of speculative fiction who also writes on the sociology of religion.
- Her first novel, Redemption in Indigo (2010), retells a story from Senegalese folklore.
- The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013) is social science fiction.
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- Born
- 22 May 1968, Barbados1
- Novels
- Redemption in Indigo (2010); The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013); The Galaxy Game (2015); The Blue, Beautiful World (2023)1
- Education
- University of Toronto (physics and history of science); master's in science and technology policy, University of Strathclyde; PhD in sociology of religion, Bangor University (2008)1
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