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Dominique Malherbe is an author and admitted attorney with a Master’s in Tax and Commercial Law from the University of Cape Town. She spent several years in practice in the legal and corporate world, and is now an independent legal advisor.

After the birth of her fourth child, she lectured in law for more than a decade, with a special interest in legal professional ethics. She has been involved in various freelance editing projects, including the Juta law reports. During this time, her passion for the writing life took hold and she completed her first memoir, From Courtrooms to Cupcakes, which was published in 2014.Passionate about law but specifically gender and justice and the themes of women and work, her second memoir, Somewhere in Between, followed in 2018.

Dominique was born in Windhoek, Namibia, matriculated in Johannesburg and moved to Cape Town in 1984 to undertake her legal studies. She lives there, still, with her husband and four children. In 2014 she started a blog to support her writing, which can be found at www.nikimalherbe.com.

Her latest book is Searching for Sarah, the woman who loved Langenhoven.