Fred Khumalo

Fred Khumalo is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction from Durban, South Africa. Khumalo's work has appeared in various publications, including the Sunday Times, the Toronto Star, New African magazine, the Sowetan and Isolezwe. His books include #Zuptasmustfall and Other Rants (2016), Bitches Brew (winner of the European Union Literary Award 2005), Seven Steps to Heaven and Touch My Blood, (2005), which was shortlisted for the Alan Paton Prize for Non-fiction and has been adapted...See more

Fred Khumalo is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction from Durban, South Africa. Khumalo's work has appeared in various publications, including the Sunday Times, the Toronto Star, New African magazine, the Sowetan and Isolezwe. His books include #Zuptasmustfall and Other Rants (2016), Bitches Brew (winner of the European Union Literary Award 2005), Seven Steps to Heaven and Touch My Blood, (2005), which was shortlisted for the Alan Paton Prize for Non-fiction and has been adapted for the stage. Khumalo completed an MA in creative writing at the University of the Witwatersrand and is the recipient of a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University. In addition to his writing, he has won awards for his journalistic work and is currently a judge for the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award. See less