Imam Baksh is a Guyanese writer who enjoys tales of magic, monsters and heroes. He's interested in history and how the world works, and enjoys research, which helps him win many arguments (in fact, he hasn't lost an argument since June 1998). As a boy, he left his countryside home on the Essequibo Coast to attend Queens College in Georgetown, where he learned most of his bad habits. He became a trained English teacher but had the most fun teaching physics because he got to use electricity on his students. Imam is a three time winner of the Henry Josiah Prize for Children's Stories. His debut novel, Children of the Spider, won the 2015 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. His second novel, The Dark of the Sea, was the winner in 2018.
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