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Gillian Slovo


Born
in Johannesburg, South Africa
January 01, 1952

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction


Novelist Gillian Slovo was born in 1952 in South Africa, the daughter of Joe Slovo, leader of the South African Communist party, and Ruth First, a journalist who was murdered in 1982.

Gillian Slovo has lived in England since 1964, working as a writer, journalist and film producer. Her first novel, Morbid Symptoms (1984), began a series of crime fiction featuring female detective Kate Baeier. Other novels in the series include Death by Analysis (1986), Death Comes Staccato (1987), Catnap (1994) and Close Call (1995). Her other novels include Ties of Blood (1989), The Betrayal (1991) and Red Dust (2000), a courtroom drama set in contemporary South Africa, which explores the effects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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Average rating: 3.57 · 2,882 ratings · 369 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors
Red Dust
3.63 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions
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Ice Road
3.56 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
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Ten Days
3.31 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions
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Every Secret Thing: My Fami...
3.90 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions
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Black Orchids
3.14 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
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Ties of Blood
3.98 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions
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An Honourable Man
2.78 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions
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The Riots
3.48 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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Grenfell: in the words of s...
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Death By Analysis
3.13 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions
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Series by Gillian Slovo

Morbid Symptoms Death By Analysis Death Comes Staccato Catnap Close Call
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