C. J. Farley is the author of “Who Knows You By Heart,” a new novel which Booklist, in a starred review, called “a timely masterpiece.” Part social thriller, part modern love story, “Who Knows You by Heart” is a sly, witty, and endlessly discussable tale of Big Tech, new money, relationships, race, and discovering what’s real in an age of artificial intelligence. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Brockport, New York, Farley graduated from Harvard University and served as an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. Farley’s novel “Around Harvard Square” won an NAACP Image Award and the author’s biography “Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley” was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Farley co-wrote and co-edited the book “The Blues” with Martin Scorsese and was consulting producer on the Peabody-winning HBO documentary “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.” His biography “Aaliyah: More Than a Woman” was adapted into a hit TV movie for Lifetime. Farley, a former senior editor for the Wall Street Journal and a former music critic for Time magazine, has also worked as an Executive Editor at Amazon Inc.’s Audible.
