SHARLOWE   MOHAMMED DATE OF BIRTH: 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH: Longdenville, Trinidad EDUCATION: Longdenville Government School CAREER:                                 Mohammed developed an affinity for English during high school, after school, he worked as a boilerman, fireman, and office work, and attended night classes to further his education before eventually becoming a full-time writer. Writing under the pen-name "Sharlow," he wrote the following books: 1982 - Requiem for a Village and Apartheid Love 1992 - The Elect 1993 - When Gods Were Slaves 1995 - The Promise 2001 - Colour of Pain 2003 - Writing the Novel 2004 - More Times and Things 2005 - The Forerunner 2006 - A New Identity 2007 - Requiem for a Village & Timmy and Pearl 2008 - Jailbait Jones & Bruit 2008 - The Urchin: Memoirs of a Novelist 2008 - The Novelist as Instrument of God 2009 - Columbus and I, Taino 2010 - Murder in Paradise - 2010 - Legacy of a Novelist 2011 - Columbus: Not a Carib! 2012 - Manu And Changes 2012 - A Literary Account of the History of Trinidad 1490-1920 Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit