James-Brent Styan is a South African writer. He has written three books of which two have been translated into other languages. His second book, Heartbreaker – Christiaan Barnard and the first heart transplant, is currently being developed for film and TV by an international production house.
James is a former accountant – turned journalist who specialized in finance and politics. He started his career in Johannesburg where he specialized in writing about state owned entities and energy and aviation companies. He followed this up with a number of years working as a senior political correspondent in the National Parliament of South Africa. He has an honors degree in journalism from the University of Stellenbosch and a Bachelor’s degree in Acc
Francois Smith doseer Afrikaanse letterkunde en kreatiewe skryfkuns aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat. Sy debuutroman, Kamphoer (2014), is met die ATKV-Prosaprys en die Sala vir Beste Debuutwerk bekroon. Voordat hy in 2015 die akademie betree het, het hy sy brood en botter as uitgewersredakteur verdien en het skrywers soos Elsa Joubert, P.G. du Plessis en Eben Venter begelei. Van sy verhale het in die bloemlesings Bloots, Kosblik, Skarlakenkoors en Op die spoor van verskyn; sy vertaling David Kramer: ’n Biografie is ook met ’n Sala-letterkundeprys bekroon. Hy het ’n Ph.D. in die letterkunde van die Universiteit van Kaapstad, was kortstondig ’n onderwyser en lank ’n kunsjoernalis. In ’n vorige lewe was hy ’n siviele ingenieur; in die vol
