Liberian Literary Magazine
Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture
MARTINA NICOLLS
Authors of the
Month Profiles
ALTHEA ROMEO MARK
Martina Nicolls is British,
residing in Australia for most of
her life. She is now quite
nomadic as she works overseas in
humanitarian and development
project, and is currently based in
Tbilisi, Georgia. She has a Master
of
Science
Communication,
Bachelor of Education, and
Diploma
of
Teaching,
in
mathematics,
science,
and
literature. She has 30 years’
experience in education and
training, with over 15 years’
experience in research and
evaluation. The evaluations of
international
development
projects range from assessments
of economic growth, health,
education,
child
labour,
infrastructure,
gender,
institutional support, community
development,
media,
peacebuilding, stabilization, and
countering violent extremism.
She has taught in primary and
secondary
schools,
and
universities, and has written five
books: The Sudan Curse (2009),
Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010),
Bardot’s Comet (2011), Liberia’s
Deadest Ends (2012), and The
Shortness of Life: A Mongolian
Lament (2015). She has also
written a children’s poetry book
called The Komodo Verses:
Dragon Poems (2011) about the
Komodo Dragon of Indonesia, the
world’s largest lizard. All her
books can be found on Amazon.
She is a member of the Migrant
and Refugee Women’s Alliance,
as
well
as
science
communication
organizations,
and literary clubs.
Althea Romeo Mark
Born in Antigua, West Indies,
Althea
Romeo-Mark
is
an
educator and internationally
published writer who grew up in
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
She has lived and taught in St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA,
Liberia (1976-1990), London,
England (1990-1991), and in
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