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Lauren Beukes

About 
Lauren Beukes is the author of the international sensation The Shining Girls,  a novel that has been translated into 26 languages. Her other books include  Moxyland, Maverick, Broken Monsters,  and  Zoo City,  winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award. She has worked in journalism, satire, documentary-making and children’s TV, and writes comics for DC Vertigo.  She lives in Cape Town. 
 
 
Photograph © Tabitha Guy

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Bridge
In infinite parallel universes, there’s a version of you who already has everything...
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Bridge
In infinite parallel universes, there’s a version of you who already has everything...
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Zoo City

A stunningly original urban fantasy of a shattered city where magic is horribly real...

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Moxyland

A frighteningly persuasive, high-tech fable set in a dystopian near-future

In the...

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The Shining Girls
Chicago, 1931. Violent drifter Harper Curtis stumbles upon a house that hides a secret as...
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Afterland
In a future where most of the men are dead, Cole and her twelve-year-old son Miles are...
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Afterland
In a future where most of the men are dead, Cole and her twelve-year-old son Miles are...
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Maverick

From Africa’s first black movie star to a stylish commie revolutionary, showgirls and...

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Maverick

From Africa’s first black movie star to a stylish commie revolutionary, showgirls and...

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Broken Monsters
IN A BROKEN CITY, A DISTURBED KILLER IS TRYING TO REMAKE THE WORLD IN HIS IMAGE.
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Broken Monsters
IN A BROKEN CITY, A DISTURBED KILLER IS TRYING TO REMAKE THE WORLD IN HIS IMAGE.
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Broken Monsters
IN A BROKEN CITY, A DISTURBED KILLER IS TRYING TO REMAKE THE WORLD IN HIS IMAGE.
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