Fabrice Guerrier

Fabrice Guerrier is a Haitian-American writer and artist. He founded the sci-fi and fantasy production house and publisher, Syllble.

Early life

Guerrier was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1991. At the age of 13, he emigrated to Coral Springs, Florida, with his family, the same year as the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. He graduated from Florida State University with a BA in International Relations and from Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding with an MA in Conflict Transformation. While at FSU, Guerrier founded the LEEHG Institute, a student-run think tank, and became a member of the Theta Chi fraternity.

Career

In 2015, Guerrier was named the PEN Haiti Fellow at PEN America. He traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to work at the PEN Haiti Center with Haitian poets, writers and journalists. In 2017, Guerrier was appointed National President of the racial reconciliation organization Coming to the Table, founded by both black and white linked descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
Guerrier has worked a columnist for Haiti Observateur, where he writes on Haitian Futurism.

Syllble

In 2018, Guerrier founded Syllble, the first collaborative worldbuilding production house with the aim to bring more access to underrepresented writers and creative voices from around the world and in the entertainment business.
In October 2020, Syllble partnered with Moko Magazine Caribbean Arts and Letters to establish the Caribbean Sky Islands fictional world and publish stories from Black Caribbean speculative fiction writers.
In May 2021, Guerrier collaborated with The Innovation Station: Creative Industry Lab at the U.S. State Department to bring together science fiction writers from around the world to solve some of the worlds toughest global challenges through the One Humanity Writing Collective.
In February 2022, Syllble partnered with Brittle Paper magazine to establish the first collaborative African fantasy universe called ''Sauúti.''

Awards and honors

2015: "Humanity in Action" Fellowship
2016: PEN America's PEN Haiti Fellow
2018: "Global Shaper" at World Economic Forum
2018: "Shafik Gabr Fellow" at the Shafik Gabr Foundation
2021: Forbes "30 Under 30"
2021: Named to The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans in the United States between the ages of 25 and 45 in the "Arts" category.
2022: PEN America's "Emerging Voices Fellow Finalist"

Fiction books

Golden Veins

''Medusa's Descendants''

Non-fiction Books

''Breaking Free From Mass-Produced Consciousness: A Little Book for Artists, Entrepreneurs, and the Leaders of Tomorrow''

Poetry

Egypt in a Cup of Tea

'' No More Vagabonds, No More Obscure Wars''

Anthologies

'' Slavery's Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation''

Short fiction

Magic Mangoes Dawn of the Sun

''Bionic Man Story''