Diane Awerbuck is a South African novelist. Her novel, Gardening at Night, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, best first book (Africa and the Caribbean), and was shortlisted for the International Dublin IMPAC Award. In 2011 her collection of short stories, Cabin Fever, was published by Random House Struik.
She taught at Rustenburg Girls’ High School until 2002. Her non-fiction has appeared in the Mail & Guardian.
Her reviews, essays and short stories are published regularly.
Diane Awerbuck is a South African novelist. Her novel, Gardening at Night, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, best first book (Africa and the Caribbean), and was shortlisted for the International Dublin IMPAC Award. In 2011 her collection of short stories, Cabin Fever, was published by Random House Struik.
She taught at Rustenburg Girls’ High School until 2002. Her non-fiction has appeared in the Mail & Guardian.
Her reviews, essays and short stories are published regularly.
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