Margie Orford (born 30 September 1964) is a South African journalist, film director and author of crime fiction, children's fiction, non-fiction and school text books.
Biography
Orford was born in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
and grew up in
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
and South Africa. She was detained during the
1985 State of Emergency while a student at the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
, taking her final examinations in prison. After travelling widely, she studied under
J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ...
before embarking on a career in publishing in the newly emerged Namibia. She returned to live in South Africa in 2001.
Works
Crime fiction
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Children's fiction
Non-fiction
School textbooks
Journalism
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References
External links
Margie Orford's website.Margie Orford's profile at Jonathan Ball Publishers.Margie Orford's profile at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency.Margie Orford on Twitter.
1964 births
Living people
South African crime fiction writers
South African educators
South African women novelists
Crime fiction writers
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