Michelle Matthews
Michelle Matthews graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1999. She has written for various publications, including Shape, FHM and Men's Health, and worked as an editor, sub-editor and arts reporter at the Mail & Guardian, CityLife and Big Media. She was the managing editor of SL Magazine before being recruited by Struik Publishers in 2004 to develop their new women's imprint, Oshun Books.
At the beginning of this year Michelle was selected by the British Council as a finalist for the 2006 International Young Publisher of the Year Award. The award is a collaboration between the British Council and the London Book Fair. It was launched in 2004 to honour the entrepreneurial and leadership ability in a young person aged between 25 and 35 working in the publishing industry in his or her own country. In February she flew to the United Kingdom to join nine other nominees competing for the prize at the London Book Fair.
