birth_place influences awards nationality notableworks birth_date article_title name occupation
st. kitts james baldwin , richard wright , william faulkner commonwealth ; james tait black memorial prize -lrb- 1994 -rrb- writers ' prize -lrb- 2003 , 2006 -rrb- kittitian-british '' '' crossing the river '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , '' the dancing in the dark '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- final passage '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , 13 march 1958 caryl phillips
 caryl phillips novelist , playwright , essayist
caryl phillips

caryl phillips -lrb- born 13 march 1958 -rrb- is a kittitian-british novelist , playwright and essayist .
best known for his novels -lrb- for which he has won multiple awards -rrb- , phillips is often described as a writer , since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest in , and searching exploration of , the experiences of peoples of the african diaspora in england , the caribbean and the united states .
as well as writing , phillips has worked as an academic at numerous institutions including amherst college , barnard college , and yale university , where he has held the position of professor of english since 2005 .
