About
Karen Jayes was awarded the PEN/Studzinski Literary Award in 2009. She has worked as an editor and writer for a number of magazines and newspapers in South Africa and London, and is currently lecturing in journalism and creative writing. She currently lives in Cape Town with her two children. This is her first novel.
Karen Jayes was the winner of the 2013 Sunday Times Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for M-Net’s Debut Award.