Novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter
Lauren Beukes is the internationally best-selling genre-bending author of six novels, including Zoo City, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award, and The Shining Girls, now a major AppleTV show with Elisabeth Moss. A former tech and culture journalist in her native South Africa, she’s also directed an award-winning documentary, and written comics, short stories and TV shows. Her work, which uses high concept twists to explore current social issues, has won multiple awards and has been translated into 26 languages around the world.
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