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Today’s list is of books published in 2013 (in alphabetical order by surname).
- Melissa Delport, The legacy, Tracey McDonald Publishers
- Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls, Umuzi
- Maren Bodenstein, Shooting Snakes, Modjaji
- Dominique Botha, False River, Umuzi
- Carol Campbell, My children have faces, Umuzi
- Amanda Coetzee, Flaming June, Pan Macmillan
- CA Davids, The Blacks of Cape Town, Modjaji
- Erla-Mari Diedricks, Still Standing, Protea Book House
- Barbara Grenfell Fairhead, Of Death and Beauty, Sunstone Press
- Jenny Hobbs, Napoleon Bones, Umuzi
- Leanne Hunt, Jozi Gold, Porcupine Press
- Jassy Mackenzie, Folly, Umuzi
- Angela Makholwa, Black Widow Society, Pan Macmillan
- Kholo Matsha, Shades of love, Sapphire Press
- Jo-Anne Richards, The Imagined Child, Picador Africa
- Claire Robertson, The Spiral House, Umuzi
- Marli Roode, Call it dog, Altlantic (UK)
- Michele Rowe, What hidden lies, Penguin
- Gail Schimmel, Whatever happened to the Cowley twins?, Kwela
- Liesel Schwarz, A clockwork heart, Del Rey (NYC)
- Liesel Schwarz, A conspiracy of alchemists, Del Rey (NYC)
- Monique Snyman, Enticed, Rainstorm Press (USA)
- Romy Sommer, Waking Up in Vegas, Harper Impulse
- Romy Sommer, The Trouble with Mojitos, Harper Impulse
- Gertrud Strauss, Three Women out of Love, Solo Collective
- Emma Van der Vliet, Thirty Second World, Penguin
- Meg Vandermerwe, Zebra Crossing, Umuzi
- MD Villiers, City of Blood, Harvill Secker (UK)
- Reney Warrington, October, Protea Bookhouse
- Mary Watson, The Cutting Room, Penguin
- Joss Wood, If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Mills&Boon
- Joss Wood, It Was Only a Kiss, Harlequin KISS
- Joss Wood, Too Much of a Good Thing, Harlequin Kiss
- Joss Wood, Wild About the Man, Mills&Boon
- Rachel Zadok, Sister Sister, Kwela
Hope you enjoy!
*DISCLAIMER: If you know of a book and it doesn’t appear here, let me know! This post will be updated as and when I get new information. Any omission is because I am human, and deeply flawed. Please help me correct my errors.*
If you are are a South African women writer who published a full-length English novel (or whose novel was translated to English) in 2014, and your name is not on this list, please email me to let me know. Details here.*
Jen Thorpe 