contributors Carole Beckford has more than twenty years experience as a print and electronic media journalist covering a wide range of local, regional and international sporting events. Her first book, Keeping <strong>Jamaica</strong>’s Sport on Track was published in 2007. She is the CEO for the newly formed Carole Beckford & Associates, a sport management firm which specializes in marketing and image building. She is the publicist for Usain Bolt. An avid collector of cookbooks, Charlene Collins really loves the art and science of food and decided that it was much healthier to photograph food rather than prepare and partake. She studied photography at Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts under the tutelage of Donnette Zacca and enjoys exploring the un-beaten track and places unknown to do landscapes and unstaged portraits of interesting faces. Roderick Gordon leads Gordon McGrath, a boutique law firm that uses modern thinking and technology to drive its practice and solutions for its clients. You can follow him on twitter @roderickja. Mirah Lim Todd is a writer, villa manager and budding environmentalist. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from City University in London. Her articles have appeared in KUYA, MACO Caribbean Living, MACO Destinations, Skywritings and the <strong>Jamaica</strong> Observer. Kellie Magnus is the founder and Editorial Director of Jackmandora, a children’s media company. The author of more than a dozen children’s books, including the Little Lion series and several titles in the <strong>Jamaica</strong>n Ministry of Education’s Literacy 123 Series, she is the Publishing Director of the Book <strong>In</strong>dustry Association of <strong>Jamaica</strong> and sits on the Council of the Caribbean Publishers’ Network (CAPNET). Deika Morrison was educated at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and The Wharton School, and holds four degrees in business and engineering science. This former Senator, Deputy Finance Minister and trade adjudicator advocates private sector led economic growth and has written on related subjects for The Gleaner. She is Managing Director of her consulting firm, Mdk Advisory and Consulting Ltd. and founder of the charity, Do Good <strong>Jamaica</strong>. Emma Sharp Dalton-Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the London School of Economics, a Food & Wine Diploma from Leith’s in London, and a Certificate in Journalism from New York University. <strong>In</strong> London, she 8 she appeared regularly on the live television cooking show, Good Food Live and wrote for the BBC Good Food and Best magazines. She is a freelance writer and editor, and has been published in The Gleaner, <strong>Jamaica</strong> Observer, www.macocaribbean.com, MACO Caribbean Living and FRESH magazines. Roger Steffens is a man with many faces: actor, author, lecturer, archivist, photographer, disc jockey, editor, curator, director and producer. Chairman of the Reggae Grammy Committee since its inception in 1984 through 2011, he owns the world’s largest collection of Bob Marley materials. His internationally acclaimed multi-media presentations of “The Life of Bob Marley” have been showcased nine times at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was the first speaker); the Smithsonian; the EMP in Seattle; the Grammy Museum; and at more than 400 venues around the world. He is co-author of the award-winning books - Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography, Reggae Scrapbook, Bob Marley: Spirit Dancer and One Love: My Life with Bob Marley and the Wailers. Laura Tanna holds a doctorate in African Languages and Literature and writes frequently on art and culture for The Gleaner, <strong>Jamaica</strong> Journal, Skywritings, Jamaque and is author of Baugh: <strong>Jamaica</strong>’s Master Potter and the book and DVD <strong>Jamaica</strong>n Folk Tales and Oral Histories and producer of the CDs <strong>Jamaica</strong>n Folk Tales and Oral Histories and Maroon Storyteller. She is on the board of The King’s House Foundation, The American Friends of <strong>Jamaica</strong>, The Museums of History and Ethnography and the Alliance Française. Leisha Wong has worked as a writer at the New York Daily News and the <strong>Jamaica</strong> Observer, as well as associate editor at Florida <strong>In</strong>ternational Magazine and editor of publications at Creative Communication <strong>In</strong>c., publishers of Skywritings. She is currently a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant, and has recently written for MACO Caribbean, and KUYA. www.jamaicacatalogue.com Rebecca Tortello, the author of Pieces of the Past – A Stroll Down <strong>Jamaica</strong>’s Memory Lane, holds a doctorate from Columbia University, and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Harvard University. She has written for various academic journals and is the author of numerous children’s books including Nancy and Grandy Nanny, Jamrite Publication’s My <strong>Jamaica</strong>n ABC’s and the Ministry of Education’s Literacy 1,2,3 series. She chairs the board of the Museums of History and Ethnography, and serves on the boards of the <strong>Jamaica</strong> Library Service, the Early Childhood Com- mission and the UNESCO National Commission.
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