One of Barnard's most prominent alumnae authors, Edwidge Danticat '90 has to date published three novels as well as numerous articles and an acclaimed memoir, Brother, I'm Dying (2007)? Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1969, she was raised by her aunt while her parents resided in New York City. This early period in her life was extremely important to her cultivation as a writer, leading her to develop a love and regard for Haitian culture which she has carried with her throughout her writing life. At the age of nine, while still living in Haiti, she wrote her first story in her native Kriol and has been writing ever since.