My guest today was born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and has been living in Quebec since 1968, H. Nigel Thomas is the author of five novels (including No Safeguards with Ger nica ), three collections of short fiction, a collection of poems and two academic books. He was twice shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’ Federation - Hugh MacLennan Fiction Prize. In 2000 he received the Montreal Association of Business Persons and Professionals’ Jackie Robinson Award for Professional of the year. In 2013 he was awarded Université Laval’s Hommage aux (O)créateurs. And most recently received the martin Luther King ward.