The Apple TV+ series is based on South African author Lauren Beukes’ 2013 crime thriller, ‘The Shining Girls’.
There’s no place for the white liberal in the current South African context – but just what can they do?
Lauren Beukes is the author of “Zoo City”, which won the Arthur C Clarke Award in 2012, and was long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC prize. Listen to Lauren Beukes on 2oceansvibe Radio talking about her love for writing, her inspirations and what needs to be done to stay sane in the writing world.
South African author Lauren Beukes’ novel Zoo City has won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, awarded to the best science fiction novel of the year published in the UK. This is a sort of huge deal – past winners of the award include Kuzuo Ishiguro, Iain M Banks, and China Mieville.