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Christopher John Farley

C.J. Farley is the author of the upcoming novel Who Knows You by Heart (William Morrow). Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Brockport, New York. Farley’s novel Around Harvard Square won an NAACP Image Award and his biography Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Farley is also the author of the novels Kingston By Starlight and Game World. Farley co-wrote and co-edited the book The Blues with Martin Scorsese and was consulting producer on the Peabody-winning HBO documentary Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown. Farley was a senior editor for the Wall Street Journal, a music critic for Time magazine and has interviewed some of the greatest musicians in the world.

PHOTO: Kate Simon

Promo Video: Who Knows You by Heart

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