Lauren Beukes

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Lauren Beukes (born June 5, 1976 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a South African writer .

Life

Lauren Beukes studied Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town . She then worked as a freelance journalist for ten years, including two years in New York . She has been married to television director Matthew Brown since 2006. She has also lived in Cape Town with her husband and daughter since 2006 .

Awards

0000 The Kitschies for Zoo City in the "Red Tentacle (Novel)" category
  • 2014 British Fantasy Award for The Shining Girls in the category "August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel"

bibliography

Novels
  • Moxyland (2008)
    • German: Moxyland. Translated by Mechthild Barth. Rowohlt paperback (rororo # 25969), 2015, ISBN 978-3-499-25969-2 .
  • Zoo City (2010)
    • German: Zoo City. Translated by Judith Reker. Rowohlt Taschenbuch (Rowohlt Polaris), 2014, ISBN 978-3-499-25968-5 .
  • The Shining Girls (2013)
    • German: Shining Girls. Translated by Karolina Fell. Rowohlt Taschenbuch (Rowohlt Polaris), 2014, ISBN 978-3-499-26700-0 .
  • Broken Monsters (2014)
    • German: Broken Monsters. Translated by Alexandra Hinrichsen. Rowohlt Taschenbuch (Rowohlt Polaris), 2015, ISBN 978-3-499-26704-8 .
  • Ungirls (2019, short novel)
Collections
  • Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing (2016)
Short stories

2008:

  • Dear Mariana (2008, in: Something Wicked SF and Horror Magazine # 8, November 2008-January 2009 )

2011:

  • Ghost Girl (in: Fantasy Magazine, January 2011 )
  • Unaccounted (2011, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Further Conflicts )
  • Chislehurst Messiah (2011, in: Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin (Eds.): Pandemonium: Stories of the Apocalypse )

2012:

  • Branded (2012, in: Lavie Tidhar (Ed.): The Apex Book of World SF 2 )
  • The Green (2012, in: John Joseph Adams (Ed.): Armored )

2013:

  • Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs (2013, in: Bill Campbell and Edward Austin Hall (Eds.): Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond )

2014:

2015:

  • Easy Touch (2015, in: Bahamut, # 1 )

2016:

  • Algebra (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Confirm / Ignore (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Dial Tone (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Exhibitionist (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Litmash (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Pop Tarts (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Princess (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Riding with the Dream Patrol (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )
  • Tankwa-Karoo (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )

2019:

  • Her Seal Skin Coat (2019, in: Current Futures: A Sci-fi Ocean Anthology )
Essays
  • Moxyland's Stem Cells (2009, in: Lauren Beukes: Moxyland )
  • The Story About the Landlord (2012, in: Journey Planet, # 13 )
  • Writing the Other (2012, in: Focus, # 58 )
  • All the Pretty Corpses ... (2013, in: Lauren Beukes: The Shining Girls )
  • Inner City (2016, in: Lauren Beukes: Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing )

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Beukes, Lauren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg