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          Tiphanie Yanique (born September 20, ) from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, is a Caribbean American fiction writer, poet and essayist who lives in New....

          Tiphanie Yanique is a novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.

          Tiphanie Yanique

          American novelist

          Tiphanie Yanique (born September 20, 1978) from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a Caribbean American fiction writer, poet and essayist who lives in New York.

          In 2010 the National Book Foundation named her a "5 Under 35" honoree. She also teaches creative writing, currently based at Emory University.

          Early life

          Yanique's maternal roots are in the Virgin Islands.

          She is a member of the Smith (of St. Thomas and Tortola) and Galiber (of St. Thomas and St. Croix) families.

          Biography.

        1. Biography.
        2. Tiphanie Yanique is a novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.
        3. Tiphanie Yanique (born September 20, ) from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, is a Caribbean American fiction writer, poet and essayist who lives in New.
        4. Tiphanie Yanique is a novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.
        5. Tiphanie Yanique is a novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer.

          6. Paternally, she is also a member of the Giraud family originally of Dominica. She was raised in the Hospital Ground neighborhood of St. Thomas by her grandparents, Beulah Smith Harrigan (former children's librarian of the St. Thomas Enid Baa Library and youngest child of Captain Smith of the Fancy Me) and Delvin Harrigan (former fireman and taxi dispatcher).

          Her biological grandfather was Dr. Andre Galiber of St. Croix.[1][2]

          Yanique attended Sain