Born in Bal­ti­more in the Unit­ed States to Trinida­di­an par­ents, Lau­ren Fran­cis-Shar­ma has built an ac­claimed lit­er­ary ca­reer by un­earthing hid­den his­to­ries and un­told truths.

The Caribbean peo­ple who lead the pro­mo­tion of tourism in their coun­tries have pulled their cold-weath­er coats and jack­ets out of their clos­ets and head­ed to Lon­don. World Trav­el Mar­ket, ...