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Date of Birth
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03-July-1947
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Place of Birth
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Cornwall
(United Kingdom, South West England, England, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
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Nationality
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Jamaica, Canada, United Kingdom
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Profession
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Writer
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Rachel Manley is a Jamaican writer in verse and prose, born in Cornwall, raised in Jamaica and currently residing in Canada. She is a daughter of former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley. She edited Edna Manley's diaries, which were published in 1989. She won the Governor General's Award for English language non-fiction in 1997 for her memoir Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood. She has since published more memoirs and some volumes of verse. Her other biographical works include Horses in her Hair, In My Father's Shade, and Slipstream.
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