{{Short description|Haitian-American novelist}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Fabienne Josaphat | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Haiti | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = <!--should be included only when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability--> | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = | nationality = American<!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | education = <!-- use only per MOS:INFOEDU --> | alma_mater = Florida International University<!-- use only per MOS:INFOEDU --> | period = | genre = Fiction<!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notable_works = | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = Bellwether Prize {{small|(2023)}} | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | signature_type = | years_active = | module = | website = {{url|fabiennejosaphat.com}}<!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> }} '''Fabienne Josaphat''' (born Haiti) is an American novelist. She was longlisted for a Aspen Words Literary Prize<ref>{{Cite web |title=Literary Prize |url=https://www.aspenwords.org/literary-prize/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=Aspen Words |language=en-US}}</ref> and won the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction in 2023.<ref name=MPR>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Kerri |last2=Gordon |first2=Kelly |date=2025-02-07 |title=Fabienne Josaphat’s ‘Kingdom of No Tomorrow’ explores gender equality in the Black Panthers |url=https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/02/07/fabienne-josaphats-kingdom-of-no-tomorrow-explores-gender-equality-in-the-black-panthers |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=pen>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom of No Tomorrow: Fabienne Josaphat in conversation with Barbara Kingsolver |url=https://pen.org/event/kingdom-of-no-tomorrow-fabienne-josaphat-in-conversation-with-barbara-kingsolver/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=PEN America |language=en-US}}</ref>
The daughter of a lawyer who was imprisoned during the reign of Francois Duvalier,<ref name=MPR/><ref>{{cite news |author=Hernandez, Louis |url=https://www.wlrn.org/show/sundial/2019-05-21/a-brutal-haitian-regime-inspired-fabienne-josaphats-first-novel |title=A Brutal Haitian Regime Inspired Fabienne Josaphat's First Novel |newspaper=WLRN |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=30 January 2026 }}</ref> Josaphat studied at Florida International University<ref>{{Cite web |last=Josaphat |first=Fabienne |date=2024-04-01 |title=Fabienne Josaphat |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/fabienne-josaphat/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=Hachette Book Group |language=en-US}}</ref> and lives in South Florida.<ref name=pen/>
== Selected published works == * {{cite book |title=Dancing in the Baron's Shadow |date=2016 |publisher=Unnamed Press |isbn=978-1-939419-57-6 |publication-place=Los Angeles, CA}}<ref name="x700">{{cite web |last=LoTempio |first=Lucia |date=2016-03-24 |title=Review: Fabienne Josaphat's Dancing in the Baron's Shadow |url=https://asterixjournal.com/review-fabienne-josaphats-dancing-in-the-barons-shadow/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=Aster(ix) Journal}}</ref><ref name="t591">{{cite web |date=2016-09-07 |title=[REVIEW] Dancing in the Baron's Shadow by Fabienne Josaphat |url=https://pankmagazine.com/2016/09/07/review-dancing-in-the-barons-shadow-by-fabienne-josaphat/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=[PANK]}}</ref><ref name="i902">{{cite web |last=Gollin |first=Andrea |date=2016-02-05 |title=Review: ‘Dancing in the Baron’s Shadow’ by Fabienne Josaphat |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/books/article58622498.html |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=Miami Herald}}</ref><ref name="k355">{{cite web |title=Fabienne Josaphat's Dancing in the Baron's Shadow |url=http://www.floridabookreview.net/blog/may-15th-2016 |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=The Florida Book Review}}</ref> * {{cite book |title=Kingdom of No Tomorrow |date=2024-12-03 |publisher=Algonquin Books |isbn=978-1-64375-588-5 |publication-place=Chapel Hill, North Carolina}}<ref name="k483">{{cite news |last=Warrell |first=Laura |date=2024-12-07 |title=Book Review: ‘Kingdom of No Tomorrow,’ by Fabienne Josaphat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/books/review/kingdom-of-no-tomorrow-fabienne-josaphat.html |access-date=2025-11-20 |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="g209">{{cite news |last=Charles |first=Ron |date=2024-12-09 |title=‘Kingdom of No Tomorrow’ was a prizewinner before it was published |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/12/09/kingdom-of-no-tomorrow-fabienne-josaphat-review/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="p392">{{cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=In 'Kingdom of No Tomorrow,' a young woman joins the Black Panther Party : NPR's Book of the Day |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/1219887497/nprs-book-of-the-day-fabienne-josaphat-kingdom-of-no-tomorrow |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=NPR}}</ref><ref name="z326">{{cite news |last=LeBlanc |first=Lauren |date=2024-12-02 |title=A woman's journey with the Black Panthers reveals the momentum |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-12-02/book-review-kingdom-of-no-tomorrow |access-date=2025-11-20 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.fabiennejosaphat.com/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Josaphat, Fabiene}} Category:21st-century American women novelists Category:American writers of Haitian descent Category:Florida International University alumni
Category:Haitian emigrants to the United States Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Year of birth missing (living people)