Karin Brynard
Agent: Isobel Dixon
Assistant: Finlay Charlesworth
Biography: Experienced political correspondent, now a bestselling South African crime writer. She burst onto the scene with her Afrikaans debut, PLAASMOORD (WEEPING WATERS), characterful literary crime in the Scandinavian mould.
Human & Rousseau published PLAASMOORD and ONSE VADERS in Afrikaans. Penguin South Africa publish the English editions as WEEPING WATERS and OUR FATHERS, and HOMELAND (TUISLAND). Her books are also sold in Holland and France.
Praise for Karin Brynard:
‘Brooding. Riveting. Brilliant.’ — Deon Meyer
Awards:
University of Johannesburg Debut Prize for Creative Writing (2009) – Plaasmoord (Weeping Waters)
M-Net Literature Award in the film category (2010) – Plaasmoord (Weeping Waters)
M-Net Literature Award in the film category (2013) – Onse Vaders (Our Father)
ATKV Literature Prize (2013 – Onse Vaders (Our Father)
Longlisted for the Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize (2015) – Plaasmoord (Weeping Waters)
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HOMELAND
Thriller, 405 pages
Penguin Random House SA, May 2018
Beeslaar is ready to resign and return to Joburg, where new
work, a baby daughter and chance to resolve things with the mother, Gerda, await. But things do not go as planned and he is drawn into burning issues around land rights, with lives at stake. Another masterful multi-stranded crime thriller.