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Gillian Slovo

Born

in Johannesburg, South Africa

January 01, 1952

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Novelist Gillian Slovo was born in 1952 in South Africa, the daughter of Joe Slovo, leader of the South African Communist party, and Ruth First, a journalist who was murdered in 1982.

Gillian Slovo has lived in England since 1964, working as a writer, journalist and film producer. Her first novel, Morbid Symptoms (1984), began a series of crime fiction featuring female detective Kate Baeier. Other novels in the series include Death by Analysis (1986), Death Comes Staccato (1987), Catnap (1994) and Close Call (1995). Her other novels include Ties of Blood (1989), The Betrayal (1991) and Red Dust (2000), a courtroom drama set in contemporary South Africa, which explores the effects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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Slovo, Gillian 1952–

PERSONAL: Born March 15, 1952, in Johannesburg, South Africa; daughter of Joe Slovo (a political activist) and Ruth First (a journalist); children: one daughter. Education: Manchester University, B.A., 1974.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, A.P. Watt, Ltd., 20 John St., London WC1N 2DL, England.

CAREER: Novelist, journalist, and film producer.

WRITINGS:

Ties of Blood (novel), Morrow (New York, NY), 1990.

Façade (novel), Virago Press (London, England), 1993.

Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country (autobiography), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1997.

Red Dust (novel), Virago Press (London, England), 2000, W.W. Norton (New York, NY), 2002.

Ice Road (historical novel), W.W. Norton (New York, NY), 2005.

(With Victoria Brittain) Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom (play), Oberon Books (London, England), 2005.

CRIME NOVELS

Morbid Symptoms, Dembner Books (New York, NY), 1984.

Catnap, Virago Press (London, England), 1985, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1986.

Close Call, Virago Press (London, England), 1986.

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Gillian Slovo

South African-born writer (born 1952)

Gillian Slovo (born 15 March 1952) is a South African-born writer who lives in the UK. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award.

Early life and education

Gillian Slovo was born on 15 March 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa, a daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First.^[1] Her family moved to London in 1964, as political exiles.^[2] Her family is Jewish.^[3]

Slovo attended the University of Manchester, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in the history and philosophy of science, before working as a journalist and television producer.^[2]

Career

Slovo's novels were at first predominantly of the crime and thriller genres, including a series featuring the detective Kate Baeier, but she has since written more literary fiction. Her 2000 work Red Dust, a courtroom drama that explores the meanings and effects of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was made into a film of the same name released in 2004, directed by Tom Hooper.^[4]

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