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Kristine Simelda was born in the U.S. and writes from Dominica, the Nature Island of the Caribbean, where she has lived since 1994.

During this time, she created her own imprint, River Ridge Press, Dominica, which has published four books: three adult novels - A Face in the River, 2015; River of Fire, 2016; and Nobody Owns the Rainbow, 2017) - and a novella for young adults, Back to the River, 2019.

Having lived in the Caribbean region for so long, she is concerned with the big picture from a small island perspective. She believes good fiction should always have a moral purpose; it should reach out to the reader and create empathy for the alternate point of view. Accordingly, Kristine's literary themes cover cross-cultural misunderstanding ...more

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	Nobody Owns The Rainbow: A Caribbean Adventure Romance 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	River of Fire 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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River Ridge Review: Social Justice Throughout the Ages

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Question: What do the latest books by Jamaican Olive Senior and Egyptian-born Canadian author Omar El Akkad have in common? Answer: A quest for social justice in the face of cultural terrorism.

Olive Senior’s Young Adult novel Paradise Once recounts the massacre of the Taino people of the Caribbean by Spanish invaders through the eyes of four youthful survivors—three Taino

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