Linzey Corridon is a poet and nonfiction writer whose interests span the fields of Caribbean and diaspora studies, Black feminist studies, and queer theory. His book debut titled West of West Indian, winner of the the 2025 Hamilton Literary Award, was named a finalist for the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2025 Caricon Prize for Literature, as well as being acclaimed one of the best Canadian poetry collections of 2024 by the CBC. He received his PhD from the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University and is currently a postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of English at Toronto Metropolitan University.
