Lauren Beukes (born June 5, 1976) is a South African novelist, short story writer, journalist, and television screenwriter.
Summary
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- 1 First years of life
- 2 Books
- 3 Film and television
- 4 Journalism
- 5 Comics
- 6 Personal life
- 7 Source
Early life
Lauren Beukes was born on June 5, 1976. She grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. He worked as a freelance journalist for ten years, including two years in New York and Chicago.
books
She is the author of The Shining Girls, a novel about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who turns the hunt around. It was published on April 15, 2013 by the Umuzi imprint of Random House Struik in South Africa, on April 25, 2013 by HarperCollins in the UK, and on June 4, 2013 by Mulholland Books in the United States. State. [5] HarperCollins had won the international rights to the book in a fierce bidding war with several other publishers.
The Shining Girls won The Strand Magazine’s Best Novel Award, RT Thriller of the Year, Exclusive Readers Choice Award, and South Africa’s most prestigious literary award, the University of Johannesburg Award. Television rights to the novel have been acquired by MRC and Appian Way from Leonardo DiCaprio according to The Hollywood Reporter. His previous novel, Zoo City, a thriller about crime, magic, the music industry, refugees and redemption set in a reimagined Johannesburg won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the 2010 Kitschies Red Tentacle for Best Novel. It was shortlisted for the 2010 BSFA Award for Best Novel, the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, the 2010-2011 University of Johannesburg Creative Writing Award, the M-Net Literary Awards, the Nielsen’s Booksellers’ Choice Award. 2011 and a long list for the 2011 Sunday Times Fiction Prize from South Africa and the 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The cover received the 2010 BSFA award for best art.
The novel has also been included in the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire in France for the best foreign novel, the best translation by Laurent Philibert-Caillat and the best coverage of Joey Hi-Fi. The rights to the film have been selected by the South African producer, Helena Spring. His first novel was Moxyland, a cyberpunk novel set in a future Cape Town. Both books were first published in South Africa by Jacana Publishing and released internationally by Osprey Publishing’s Angry Robot. Her first book, the non-fiction Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa’s Past (Oshun 2005) was included in the long list for the 2006 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. She has published short stories in various anthologies including “Further Conflicts” (NewCon Press 2011), Home Away (Zebra 2010), Touch: Stories of Contact (Zebra 2009), Open: Erotic Stories of South African Women Writers (Oshun 2008), FAB (Umuzi 2007), African Road: New South African Writing (New Africa Books 2005) , 180 Degrees: New Fiction by South African Women Writers (Oshun 2006) and Urban 03 (New Africa Books 2005). In July 2014, Beukes published a new novel called Broken Monsters, which is set in Detroit, Michigan. His first short fiction collection, Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing (Tachyon Publications), was released in October 2016.
New fiction by South African writers (Oshun 2006) and Urban 03 (New Africa Books 2005). In July 2014, Beukes published a new novel called Broken Monsters, which is set in Detroit, Michigan. His first short fiction collection, Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing (Tachyon Publications), was released in October 2016. New fiction by South African writers (Oshun 2006) and Urban 03 (New Africa Books 2005). In July 2014, Beukes published a new novel called Broken Monsters, which is set in Detroit, Michigan. His first short fiction collection, Slipping: Stories, Essays, and Other Writing (Tachyon Publications), was released in October 2016.
Film and television
As the lead writer for Clockwork Zoo, she was part of the development team that created South Africa’s first half-hour animated television series, URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika. He also wrote 12 episodes of the Disney Playhouse show Florrie’s Dragons for Wish Films and episodes of the animated series Mouk for French production company Millimages. He directed a documentary feature film about Miss Gay Western Cape called Glitterboys & Ganglands. The film has been screened at various festivals including the Atlanta Film Festival, Encounters, Out in Africa, and won Best LGBT Film at the San Diego Black Film Festival. She was also one of the writers, along with Ben Trovato and Tumiso Tsukudu on the controversial ZA News pilot show, a series of puppet satires based on the work of the South African cartoonist Zapiro. The pilot was commissioned by the SABC but never broadcast. Her novel, The Shining Girls, is being adapted into a television series by MRC and Appian Way Productions.
Journalism
As a journalist, her articles have been published in a wide range of local and international magazines, including The Hollywood Reporter, Nature Medicine and Colors, The Sunday Times Lifestyle, Marie Claire, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and SL Magazine. She won “Best Columnist Western Cape” at the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards in 2007 and 2008.
Comics
Beukes made his comic book debut with “All The Pretty Ponies” in Vertigo’s Straight Adventures one-shot. He also wrote “The Hidden Kingdom,” a Fairest arc (Issues # 8-13), a spin-off of Bill Willingham’s Eisner Award-winning Fables series, and a Durham Red story for the 2000 Special Issue 40 anniversary of AD.
Personal life
Beukes currently lives in Cape Town.