Palmer Adisa, Ph.D., Opal

Opal Palmer Adisa, Ph.D., is a Jamaica-born writer who has authored poetry, prose, novels, essays, and plays. She has 24 titles to her credit, including The Storyteller’s Return: Story Poems and Portia Dreams, a children’s biography of Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica’s first female prime minister. She is also the editor of the anthology 100+ Voices for Miss Lou (The UWI Press). A gender specialist and cultural activist, Palmer Adisa has lectured and read/performed her work throughout the United States, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Germany, Spain, France, England, Prague, Italy, and Bosnia.