Redemption in Indigo

Karen Lord has been a physics teacher, a diplomat, a part-time soldier and an academic at various times and in various countries. She is now a writer and research consultant in Barbados. Her debut novel Redemption in Indigo won the 2008 Frank Collymore Literary Award, the 2011 William L. Crawford Award and the Mythopoeic Award, and is nominated for the 2011 World Fantasy Award.

'This is one of those literary works of which it can be said that not a word should be changed' Booklist. 'Redemption in Indigo ... combine[s] comedy, a sense of mythic-ness, gravity, and sheer elegance' Charles Tan. 'A clever, exuberant mix of Caribbean and Senegalese influences ... Lord manages to compress her story while balancing the cosmic and the personal - all with a verve that would be the envy of many veteran novelists' New York Times Book Review. 'The impish love child of Tutuola and Marquez. Utterly delightful' Nalo Hopkinson. 'This retelling of a Senegalese folk tale packs a great deal of subtly alluring storytelling into this small package' Publishers Weekly. 'the perfect antidote to the formula fantasies currently flooding the market' Guardian. 'You can almost hear the beat of African drums as the rhythm of the prose reverberates through your mind, and you will almost wish that you were listening to someone reading it aloud, the way folk tales are meant to be told' Book Monkey. 'charmingly told' Seven. 'The whole thing is enormous fun, thanks not least to a chatty, companionable narrator ... Ace' SFX. 'I was won over by her [Paama], and by this splendid book' And Then I Read A Book.