image by Nicole Titus
The Golden Orb, a fairy tale for children (ages 3 - 8), and The Legend of Kwami-Kwamo (ages 8 - 14), will be available for free download at Amazon.com on Saturday April 21, 2012.
Nicole Titus is an artist, writer, and humanitarian born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She came to the United States with her family when she was in her early teens, and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where she still lives. Ms. Titus holds a B.A and M.A degree in English, and is the author of several books in print, such as Akin To No One, and The Prisoner of Jacmel. Her novel, Akin To No One, has been used to teach social justice at the university level, and her dramatic play, The Prisoner of Jacmel, deals with the aftermath of events which took place in Haiti after 88 children died in 1996 after ingesting cough syrup contaminated in China. Nicole Titus has started e-publishing recently, and has made available to the public, her play, Escape and Abandonment, her children’s books Going To The Restaurant: Proper Etiquette For Young People, The Golden Orb, and The legend Of Kwame-Kwamo. As a linguist Nicole Titus has translated several important works and documents into Haitian Creole, including three dialogues of Plato. As a humanitarian Nicole Titus is interested in eradicating illiteracy in her homeland of Haiti and concentrates her efforts in ways to do that. In 2008 she was the featured speaker and guest of honor at the International Center in New York for the celebration of Immigrant Heritage week. She has appeared in various newspapers including in the Daily News in January 2010.
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