Margie Orford is an internationally acclaimed writer and an award-winning journalist. Her Clare Hart novels have been widely translated and led to her being described as the “queen of South African crime-thriller writers” (The Weekender). She has a PhD in creative writing, and has also written many children’s books and works of non-fiction on climate change and human rights. Formerly Patron of Rape Crisis and an executive board member of PEN International, she is currently President Emerita of PEN South Africa.
Her most recent novel, The Eye of the Beholder, has been followed by Love and Fury, a memoir.