Our warmest congratulations to Marlon James, who just made the Daring 25 list as the fearless writer that he is. Susumba’s Tanya Batson-Savage reports that he is “among Vanity Fair’s diverse list of the most intrepid people, companies and innovations in the United States in 2016.” Here are excerpts from Susumba.

[. . .] The list describes James as a novelist “writing a new chapter in book publishing by combining complex characters and settings with adrenaline-pumping action.”

James’ Man Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, with its uncompromising approach to violence, large congregation of up to 70 characters who narrate the story (including a ghost) and willingness to break the rules of prose writing, earned him the nod as a game changer.

In the article, James admits that he had expected his editor to remove several of elements that made it to the widely acclaimed novel.

“The violence, the sex, the politics, the sometimes thinly veiled real people. I said ‘I’ll just leave this all in until my editor takes it out.’ It was kind of scary, but being scared has never stopped me before.”

The impressive Vanity Fair list includes saxophonist Kamasi Washington, director Ana Lily Amirpour, the virtual reality creating Felix and Paul Studios, comedian W. Kamau Bell, humanitarian and entrepreneur Leila Janah, non-profit organization Refugees United, software engineer Tracy Chou, high performance trainer Andy Walshe, software engineer Moxie Marlinspike, as well as artist educator and urban planner Theaster Gates. [. . .]

For full article, see http://www.susumba.com/books/news/marlon-james-makes-vanity-fair-list-daring-25

For the Vanity Fair list, see http://www.vanityfair.com/Daring25