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I was born in Cape Town into a family of readers and writers. My mother is the well-known children’s author, Dianne Case and my sister Bonita also writes. So even though I love reading and have been reading from a young age, I never wanted to be a writer. I felt that that it was almost expected of me and part of me even thought that my school teachers only thought that I could write well because of my mother.

After school, I studied advertising and then completed an IMM diploma. After a brief stint in the corporate world, my nature won out and I followed my passion for books; cutting my teeth in the publishing industry by “doing everything” for Kwagga Publishers. I later freelanced as a project manager for authors both locally and abroad ghosting several books as diverse as children’s books, religious tracts and the inevitable self-help books. I found myself increasingly doing more and more rewriting and less and less editing, so inspired by this, I started to write my own work. I was the deputy editor of Indulge, a woman’s magazine published in Nigeria. Just under a year ago, I joined NB Publishers as the marketing and promotions co-ordinator.

My first published work, a short story called “Homing Pigeons” was included in African Compass New writing from southern Africa 2005, a collection published by New Africa Books. All We Have Left Unsaid is my debut novel.

All We Have Left Unsaid has been awarded the 2007 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book in Africa.

 

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