An-Mari do Carmo grew up on a farm in North-West, South Africa. From the moment she learned to read, books were her best friends, and she started writing her own stories from the age of nine. Growing up, she was raised to be part of the KwaSizabantu (KSB) Mission, which she later realised is a legalistic cult. After attending school on the Mission, she went to study Languages and Literature with an emphasis on Creative Writing at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, and broke all ties with KSB while learning about the grace of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. After graduating she started working as a children's book editor, furthering her love for the book world. Today she is married and devotes her life to books, her family and her fait
Willem Anker is op 3 Februarie 1979 op Citrusdal gebore. Hy matrikuleer in 1996 aan Hugenote Hoërskool op Wellington. Tans doseer hy kreatiewe skryfkunde aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch. Hy het in 2007 sy D.Litt aan dieselfde universiteit behaal.
In 2004 skryf hy die teks vir die ruimtelike teaterstuk Skroothonde wat by Aardklop die Aartvarkprys vir innoverende werk wen. Sedertdien het hy bekendheid verwerf as dramaturg. Siegfried, wat in 2007 by Kwela gepubliseer is, was sy eerste roman en is met die UJ-debuutprys en die Jan Rabie/Rapportprys bekroon. Sy roman Buys (Kwela, 2014) is met die WA Hofmeyr, Universiteit van Johannesburg, kykNET-Rapport, Helgaard Steyn en Hertzogprys bekroon.
