Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes is an award-winning novelist who also writes comics, screenplays, TV shows and occasionally journalism.
Her novel, Zoo City (2010) which the New York Times described as “an energetic phantasmagorical noir” won the Arthur C Clarke Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle.
She is also the author of Moxyland, a dystopian consumertopia thriller and a non-fiction, Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa’s Past.
Her new novel, The Shining Girls, about a time-travelling serial killer is due out in Spring 2013.
As a screenwriter, she is currently adapting Zoo City for South African producer Helena Spring. She’s previously worked on the satirical political puppet show, Z News and the travelogue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The South African Story.
