Faustin charles biography of michaels

Trinidadian-British author, poet and storyteller (born 1944)

Faustin Charles (born 15 September 1944) is a Trinidad-born writer and storyteller, who moved to Britain in the 1960s.

He is the author of novels, poetry and short stories, his work featuring in major anthologies of Caribbean writing. He published his first collection of poems in 1969. He is best known more recently for his children's books, particularly The Selfish Crocodile, which has had sales of more than 100,000 copies.^[1]

Biography

Faustin Charles was born on 15 September 1944 in Toco, Trinidad.^[2] Wanting to be a writer since childhood, inspired by the storytelling of his maternal grandmother, Charles travelled to England after his schooling in Trinidad, to undertake further studies.

According to his own summary of the following years: "Before I began my studies, I worked in the Post Office and was also a Stock Keeper at a store in London and a Hardware Factory in Hert