Angela Makholwa

Angela Makholwa was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. A qualified journalist, she cut her teeth reporting on crime stories in the 1990s. The case of a real-life serial killer went on to inform her debut novel, Red Ink --the first South African crime novel with an African female protagonist. Her writing has gained her critical acclaim and several literary award nominations, including the 2020 UK Comedy Women in Print Prize, for which her novel The Blessed Girl was shortlisted. She is a keen...See more

Angela Makholwa was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. A qualified journalist, she cut her teeth reporting on crime stories in the 1990s. The case of a real-life serial killer went on to inform her debut novel, Red Ink --the first South African crime novel with an African female protagonist. Her writing has gained her critical acclaim and several literary award nominations, including the 2020 UK Comedy Women in Print Prize, for which her novel The Blessed Girl was shortlisted. She is a keen yogi, reader, occasional dancer and a juggler of businesses--as well as writing novels, she currently runs a public relations agency. See less