About the Author
Hello — I’m Wayne
Wayne Westphal Barrow is a project manager by profession, a storyteller by obsession, and according to a well-meaning Moravian minister at his birth, destined for greatness — a prophecy that, much like Wayne’s gym membership, has yet to manifest economically or socially.
Born in Barbados and shaped by life across Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, Wayne has collected experiences the way some people collect stamps — enthusiastically, occasionally recklessly, and without always knowing what to do with them until much later.
He began in accounting, migrated into management information systems, and eventually settled into project management and training — earning a Master’s degree in Project Management along the way. He credits V.S. Naipaul, Irving Wallace, and Charles Dickens for shaping his imagination.
He has written two non-fiction books — Guyana’s 2020 Elections: The 153-Days Saga and The Fear Algorithm — along with two books of short stories in the Carry on Smartly series, and an essay collection: Rivers and Forests: Essays on Faith, Society and the Caribbean Mind.
When not writing, he promotes the creative arts, works with wood and stone, and maintains with little evidence that he was once the Usain Bolt of his neighbourhood and a Chris Gayle in the making.