Kevin Jared Hosein is a Caribbean novelist. He was named overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2018, and was the Caribbean regional winner in 2015. He has published two books: The Repenters and The Beast of Kukuyo. The latter received a CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and both were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His writings have been published in numerous anthologies and outlets. He lives in Trinidad and Tobago.
In conversation with Kevin Jared Hosein
“This is a book about dreams slowly turning into nightmares; appetites slowly turning into anguish”