Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukesis a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1976
wheels
Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.
twelve cracks ems
So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks. "Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?" "I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used to be an inmate. Repeat offender. Crimes against my body. Puking sickness followed by heroin, which led to more puking sickness." I'd be surprised at her forthrightness, but that's addicts for you. The twelve steps crack 'em open and then they can't shut up.
course exposed passions shaped
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.