We steal; we hoard; we like the sounds of our own voices. - Diane Awerbuck

About Diane Awerbuck

Diane Awerbuck (born 1 April 1974) is a South African novelist, teacher and reviewer. 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 Literary Award. In 2011, her collection of short stories, Cabin Fever, was published by Random House Struik. Her novel, Home Remedies, was published by Random House Struik in August 2012. She was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2014, and won the Short Story Day Africa competition the same year.