London-born award winning novelist, playwright, and poet Fred D'Aguiar was raised in Guyana until the age of 12. His novel "Children of Paradise" is based on the facts of Jonestown, Jim Jones's utopian commune in Guyana. The novel was reviewed in the Sunday New York Times on March 9, 2014.
Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects. Nancy's Bookshelf airs Fridays at 10 a.m.
