ALAIN MABANCKOU was born in Congo-Brazzavile in 1966. He is the author of Broken Glass, Memoirs of a Porcupine, and African Psycho, among others. He currently divides his time between Paris and California, where he teaches French literature at UCLA.

He is the author of:

Letter to Jimmy: Translated by Sara Meli Ansari
Broken Glass
African Psycho
Memoirs of a Porcupine