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Diane Awerbuck


Born
South Africa

Diane Awerbuck is a South African novelist. Her novel, Gardening at Night, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book (Africa and the Caribbean), and was shortlisted for the International Dublin IMPAC Award. In 2011 her collection of short stories, Cabin Fever, was published by Random House Struik.

She taught at Rustenburg Girls' High School until 2002. Her non-fiction has appeared in the Mail & Guardian.

Her reviews, essays and short stories are published regularly. Her doctorate and a new novel are due to be published in 2012.
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Gardening at Night

3.41 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Home Remedies

3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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The Root Cellar and Other S...

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Inside Your Body There Are ...

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Cabin Fever and Other Stories

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