

I tend to think about all of my writing as one large mural – The Book of Negroes is one piece of that, but I'm still adding to it. I am not worried about whether the work I do for the rest of my life meets the success I had with The Book of Negroes. Here, he shares some of the secrets to his success – including why you should write what you don't know. This month, the beloved Canadian tome gets the television treatment, with a six-part CBC miniseries starting Jan.

Lawrence Hill became an A-list author with The Book of Negroes, his multiprize-winning novel about the journey of a young African woman who is captured by slave traders in the 18th century.
