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Gillian Royes
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Gillian Royes

Gillian Royes was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She attended Colorado College and later went on to the University of Wisconsin and Emory University, where she earned a doctorate in American Studies. Royes is the author of The Goat Woman of Largo Bay,... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Leave no stone unturned.
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My life in 8 words: "Living to the fullest while awakening the Creative."
April 29, 2013
The spectacularly beautiful island of Anguilla is the backdrop for one of the most exciting book festivals in the region.  May...
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March 22, 2013
Two wonderful book events are coming up, and I hope you can join me:

The Anguilla Literary Festival on the gorgeous...
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February 28, 2013
I just came back from a book signing in Trinidad -- and a front-row seat on Carnival -- and made a decision.  Maybe it was the...
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January 30, 2013
Trinidad is one of my favorite countries, and Carnival in Trinidad is definitely one of the greatest shows on earth, full of...
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December 4, 2012
The elections are over and we all feel a release, even in the US territory of the Virgin Islands.  The tension was almost...
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October 23, 2012
While watching – leaning forward, biting fingernails – the recent presidential debates, it occurred to me that what this...
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October 23, 2012
Residents of the Caribbean, including me, wait anxiously for the end of the hurricane season, November 30.  We keep our fingers...
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June 27, 2012
Writing a mystery series has been a huge learning experience, the curve greater than I'd ever anticipated.  As a middle-aged...
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February 28, 2012
To my joy, the news came that the second in the Shad Series, "The Man who Turned Both Cheeks," will be distributed on December 4...
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December 28, 2011
It means time to write, time to eat, time to write, time to give and receive gifts, time to write, and -- somewhere in the...
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December 1, 2011
It comes as a surprise to a novice novelist (rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?) that there is more to publishing than just...
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October 26, 2011
When an author starts a series, there is some trepidation about how it will be received.  Will the plot lines be acceptable,...
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May 4, 2011
The manuscript for my second novel is now with my editor and motivational cup of coffee, Malaika Adero.  I am in limbo, as all...
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Apr 30, 2013
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From Anguilla to Chicago!
Mar 23, 2013
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Stop the presses!
Mar 02, 2013
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Free at last!
Dec 05, 2012
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Hurricane Season
Oct 24, 2012
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Presidential Debates
Oct 24, 2012
Dec 29, 2011
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Marketing the novel
Dec 02, 2011
Oct 27, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Goat Woman of Largo Bay
Sep 01, 2011
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Off and away!
May 05, 2011
Apr 13, 2011
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your motto or maxim?
Apr 13, 2011

Gillian Royes Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Leave no stone unturned. Q. What do you regret most? A. Occasionally hurting people I love. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Fruit. (Are nuts fruits?) Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Elizabeth I.  I'd ask her why she never married. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. My laser-beam focus. Learn more about Gillian Royes

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Marshfield News Herald, April 21, 2013
...way up north. Fans of quirky mysteries will love The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel by Gillian Royes. This sequel to Royes first book picks up with Shad Myers, unofficial lawman and bartender for Largo Bay. Shad is in the midst of turmoil that may ...
North Andover Eagle-Tribune, April 7, 2013
...way up north. Fans of quirky mysteries will love “The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel” by Gillian Royes. This sequel to Royes’ first book picks up with Shad Myers, unofficial lawman and bartender for Largo Bay. Shad is in the midst of turmoil...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 15, 2012
...past: of presents received ... of presents inflicted." Shadrack Meyers, the "unofficial sheriff and a praying man" in Gillian Royes' "The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks" (Atria Books, 449 pages, $15), is a character as unique as Pendergast, but his opposite...
PublishersWeekly.com, December 8, 2012
...curates images spanning thirty years of Whitney Houstons career. Man Who Turned Both Cheeks (Dec., paper $16) by Gillian Royes. The second in the mystery series, set in Jamaica, featuring bartender-turned-detective Shad. Dark Hunger (Jan., paper $15) by...
Chicago Daily Herald, December 5, 2012
...Bartender Shad Myers doesn?t just listen to the troubles that tourists and locals bring into his thatch-roofed bar ? he sets out to fix them himself, no matter the risk. The troubles that find Shad in Gillian Royes? novel ?The Man Who Turned Both...
CJAD 800, December 3, 2012
..."The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks" (Atria Books), by Gillian Royes Bartender Shad Myers doesn't just listen to the troubles that tourists and locals bring into his thatch-roofed bar — he sets out to fix them himself, no matter...
East Atlanta Patch, November 10, 2012
...collaboration with the Auburn Avenue Research Library, NBAF (presenters of the National Black Arts Festival) will host author Gillian Royes who will discuss and sign her novel, The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks - the second installment of the Shad Meyers...
Caribbean News Digital, May 13, 2013
...and Executive VP of Simon and Schuster/Atria Books, Judith Curr; author and MSNBC host, Toure; author and lecturer Gillian Royes of Jamaica/St. Croix and Marcel Fahie, Anguillian historian, playwright and author. Completing this distinguished panel of...
Tropical Fete, May 10, 2013
...and Executive VP of Simon and Schuster/Atria Books, Judith Curr; author and MSNBC host, Toure; author and lecturer Gillian Royes of Jamaica/St. Croix and Marcel Fahie, Anguillian historian, playwright and author. Completing this distinguished panel of...
St Martin Daily Herald, May 3, 2013
...Curr; author and Executive VP of Simon and Schuster/Atria Books; author and MSNBC host, Toure; author and lecturer Gillian Royes of Jamaica/St. Croix. Events will include presentations, discussions and special events with the authors, including...
Marshfield News Herald, April 21, 2013
...way up north. Fans of quirky mysteries will love The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel by Gillian Royes. This sequel to Royes first book picks up with Shad Myers, unofficial lawman and bartender for Largo Bay. Shad is in the midst of turmoil that may ...
Caribbean News Now!, April 16, 2013
...and Executive VP of Simon and Schuster/Atria Books, Judith Curr; author and MSNBC host, Toure; author and lecturer Gillian Royes of Jamaica/St Croix and Marcel Fahie, Anguillian historian, playwright and author. Completing this distinguished panel of...
Trinidad Guardian, February 16, 2013
...having encountered the first. Published in 2012 by Atria Paperback (a division of Simon and Schuster) it marks Gillian Royes’ successful follow-up to her 2011 novel, The Goat Woman of Largo Bay. The focal figure in both books is unassuming bartender...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 15, 2012
...past: of presents received ... of presents inflicted." Shadrack Meyers, the "unofficial sheriff and a praying man" in Gillian Royes' "The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks" (Atria Books, 449 pages, $15), is a character as unique as Pendergast, but his opposite...