Prize-winning Xlibris author Christopher H.K. Persaud was featured recently in Autumn Years a Bergen County, New Jersey, USA recreational magazine about notable Bergen County residents and their pastimes and achievements.
Persaud immigrated to the USA over 32 years ago, and his family moved to New Jersey after living in New York for about 22 years. The Autumn Years article traces Christopher’s life from his childhood in Guyana (then British Guiana) to young adulthood and his involvement in the Guyanese corporate world to his migration, along with his family, to the United States of America and the many years he has lived in New York and New Jersey.
The story places special emphasis on Persaud’s role as a published writer and poet. Christopher has written seven full-length books to date and has garnered five international literary awards.
Christopher’s 2010 Xlibris book The Da Vinci Code Revisited: A Conclusive Refutation Of The Widespread, Sinister Lie (republished in 2013), won first prize in the Theology category at the 2010 Christian Choice Book Awards, an international inspirational book competition. The book also won a Silver medal at the 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards after placing first in the Christian – Non Fiction category of the competition. The Da Vinci Code Revisited was also named the Xlibris Indie Author Roundup first ever Critics’ Choice Selection in 2011.
Persaud’s 2013 Xlibris book, Contending for the Faith: 22 Methodical Arguments for Biblical Truth, placed 3rd in the Theology category at the 2013 Christian Writers Awards, another international inspirational book competition.
Many of Christopher’s essays and articles appear online. He is also a published poet and his poetry is showcased in a number of international poetry anthologies. He expects to publish a book of poems in the near future.
Christopher is married to Pamela and they have three sons – Duane, Jason and Justin.
The Autumn Years article can be accessed at www.autumnyearsmag.com Click on the Spring 2015 issue cover. Click on CONTENTS. Click on NEW MILFORD’S CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD for article. Zoom in for easy reading.