Winner of the MUD Literary Prize for the best debut literary novel
by an Australian writer.
A novel about one man's journey to become his own master, from
slavery in Jamaica, through to eventual freedom in colonial New
South Wales. Based on a true story.
Sienna Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Canada.
But it wasn't until a move to Sydney that she came across William
Buchanan's story and was struck with a sense of fate - this story
of a lost man far from home resonated with her own feelings of
displacement.
A lifelong storyteller and daughter of Jamaican parents, Sienna was
captivated by William's story and the way it intersected with her
own cultural background. She is a professional dancer, film editor
and documentary director by trade, and worked at Sydney Living
Museums, where she first came across William's story. She is
currently
working on her second novel.
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