Justin Haynes, the author of the debut novel Ibis, is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and earned his MFA from Notre Dame. He currently lives Atlanta and teaches English at Oglethorpe University. His debut was recently published by Overlook Press and is about a coastal village cursed by the death of a witch, where superstitious fishermen are haunted by her vengeful mother and an uncanny flood of scarlet ibis birds. As an American journalist stirs tensions and the government cracks down on migrants, the villagers’ fears entangle with the journey of Milagros, a young refugee searching for her mother across the Americas.
Below, the author answered our My Reading Life questionnaire for you to learn about the books he was obsessed with, what helped him through puberty, and what he’s reading next.
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