“In Dr. Reynolds St. Lucia has produced another writer of the calibre, or of even deeper essence than Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul.”
— Peter Lansiquot, economist and diplomat
Anderson Reynolds was born and raised in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, where he now resides. He holds a Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida and is the author of several national (St. Lucia) award-winning and best-selling books. His books, blogs, lectures, and newspaper and magazine articles have established him as one of St. Lucia’s leading public intellectuals and a foremost authority on its socioeconomic history.
His writings, be it fiction or nonfiction, have been described as a world in which a great drama unfolds, where history, geography, nature, culture, the supernatural, and socioeconomic factors all combine to seal the fate of individuals, communities, or, for that matter, a whole nation or civilization. In this crucible of a world, readers are provided with deep insights into where St. Lucians come from, who they are as a people, and how they became who they are.
A Video Biography
Praise for Anderson Reynolds
Anderson Reynolds is an excellent writer; his characters and situations literally jump off the page
—Writer’s Digest
Arguably St. Lucia’s most prominent writer
—Modeste Downes
“In Dr. Reynolds St. Lucia has produced another writer of the calibre, or of even deeper essence than Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul.”
—Peter Lansiquot, CARICOM economist and diplomat
About My Writing
Why Toni Morrison is my Favorite Author
Awards / Recognition
2015 Appointed to the St. Lucia Laureate Chair
2012 CDF National Arts Award for Prose
(The Stall Keeper)
2006 CDF National Arts Award for Creative Journalism
(Writings in The Jako Magazine)
2003 M&C Prize for Prose
(The Struggle for Survival: an historical, political and socioeconomic perspective of St. Lucia)
2001 M&C Main Prize for Literature
(Death by Fire)
2001 M&C Prize for Creative Journalism
(articles in The Jako Magazine)
Selected Interviews
Bristol University—On George Odlum: Dr Anderson Reynolds on the life of Bristol’s first Black Student Union president
Saint Lucia Government News—Celebrating Excellence