The Ghost-Eater and Other Stories (27 page)

faith chaza
is a mathematician living in Sydney, Australia. Working primarily as a cryptographer, she has also produced some short narratives and creates music:
http://www.faithwhyyoualwaysrunning.com
. Currently, her focus is on mathematical research and completing her second EP, "Never Leaving Home".

Bronwyn Douman
is a born and bred Capetonian. She is an aspiring writer and travel journalist. She is currently completing a (BPhil) Honours course in Journalism at the University of Stellenbosch.

Genna Gardini
is a poet and playwright based in Cape Town. She was chosen as one of the Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans in 2013. She has had two plays,
WinterSweet 
(2012) and 
Scrape 
(2013), professionally produced, both of which won Standard Bank Ovation awards. Her poetry has been published widely both locally and internationally. She is currently completing her MA in Theatre-making (Playwriting) at the University of Cape Town.

Sandra Hill
is a Stellenbosch-based freelance writer, editor and writing facilitator, working primarily with civil society organisations:
www.w
rite-now.co.za
. She writes poetry and short stories, and is currently completing her MA in Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape.

Ilze Hugo
is a freelance writer living in Cape Town. She is currently completing a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town, where she is crafting her first novel.

Nadia Kamies
is a born and bred Capetonian. She is working on a book of stories about traveling the world with her family.  She writes a blog:
www.saaray-livinginsa.blogspot.com
  which may be a little neglected while she is doing her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town.

Conrad Kemp
is a South African actor currently based in New York. He is a student in the University of Cape Town's Masters in Creative Writing Programme.

Michael King
is based in Cape Town. He has previously published poetry in various magazines, and is the present editor of 
New Contrast
. He is currently working on a novel as part of the Creative Writing MA programme at the University of Cape Town.

Sophy Kohler
is a freelance journalist based in Cape Town. Her writing has appeared in such publications as
The Times
,
The
Sunday
Times
and
Business Day WANTED
. She is the former editor of Books LIVE and contributing editor of the literary website, AERODROME (
aerodrome.co.za
).

Wanjiru Koinange
is a Kenyan writer and entertainment manager. She has a degree in Journalism and Literature from the United States International University — Nairobi, and is currently pursuing her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. She is working on her first novel.

Liam Kruger
writes and reads in Cape Town, where he is pursuing his MA in Creative Writing. He's had work published in 
Prufrock
, 
The Newer York
,
New Contrast
and, most recently, 
Bloody Satisfied
, an anthology of South African crime fiction. He's working on the novel, and when he's not doing that he's on Twitter: 
@liamkruger
.

Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
is based in Cape Town, where he works as a teacher, poet and aspiring novelist. He has written scores of poems which may be found at
www.writerslounge.net
. Currently, he is writing a novel on how cultural practices have fuelled the prevalence of HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe.

Alexander Matthews
is the editor of AERODROME (
aerodrome.co.za
), an online showcase of words and people. Some of his creative writing can be found at his prose and poetry blog, 
marginalobscura.com
. Follow him on Twitter: @alexgmatthews.

Steven Otter
is the author of the bestselling
Khayelitsha: uMlungu in a Township
, one of Penguin SA's Top 20 titles. “Fire” is his first short story and was handed in as part of a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape.

Brett Petzer
(
brettpetzer.com
) writes on urban design and governance for
futurecapetown.com
. He is production editor at 
The South African 
and has worked as an architectural draughtsman, French translator and journalist. He is currently working on a speculative fiction novella about the internet of things. 

Jolyn Phillips
is based in Cape Town, where she works as a professional tutor. She is currently completing a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape — a collection of short prose pieces titled
Let's Go Home
— which explores the fictional voices of Gansbaai, where she was born.

Donald Powers
is currently based in the English Department at the University of Cape Town, where he teaches South African and American literature.  He has published academic articles on J.M. Coetzee and Cormac McCarthy, and is currently working on a paper on representations of Cape Town in South African crime fiction.  For an overview of his work, visit
www.donaldpowers.wordpress.com

Werner Pretorius
holds degrees in publishing, English and a Masters in Creative Writing. His stories and short fiction have appeared in 
Something Wicked
Magazine
(
http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/
), 
Jungle Jim
 (
http://www.junglejim.org/
) and 
A Look Away
. He lives and works in Cape Town.

Calvin Scholtz
grew up in Simonstown. For the past six years he has worked as a bookseller while studying English Literature at the University of Cape Town. He is currently in his final year of the UCT MA Creative Writing Programme and hopes to have his first novel, 
The Flying Dutchman
, published soon.

Tom Schwarer
lives in Durban. He works as an information architect, artist and designer, and writes in his spare time. This is his first published story.

Dina Segal
is a writer and teacher based in Cape Town. She usually writes fiction, and is currently working on her first novel. When she's not writing she can be found running online education programmes and facilitating creative writing workshops in schools.

Stephen Symons
is a former lecturer. He works now as a graphic designer and poet, and is currently busy with an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. He is particularly interested in combining elements of print design and new media with poetry. He lives in Oranjezicht with his wife and two children. To read a chapbook of his recent poetry, visit
http://tiny.cc/5mlu1w
. 

Jen Thorpe
is a feminist writer and researcher based in Cape Town. She is currently completing her first novel,
The Peculiars
, through the Masters in Creative Writing programme at the University of Cape Town. She is the editor of the 2012 collection of stories on sex and sexuality, “My First Time” (
http://myfirsttimesa.com/the-book/
), and of FeministsSA.com. 

Caitlin Tredoux
is based in Cape Town. She is currently studying towards her MA degree.

Olivia Walton
is a freelance writer and editor. She graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2012 and went on to do an internship at The Paris Review in New York: visit
http://www.prufrock.co.za/
. Since then she has been travelling and writing in Turkey and Europe.
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-06-04-taksim-square-a-protest-that-became-part-of-me/#.Ugyx1NI3CSo

Makhosazana Xaba
is based in Johannesburg, where she is a Writing Fellow at Wits University. She is an author of two poetry collections
and a co-editor of
Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction
. Her début short story collection,
Running and Other Stories
,
w
as
published in 2013.