| Lisa Fugard was born in South Africa and
came to the United States in 1980. After working in the theater, performing
in New York, London and South Africa, she turned her attention to writing. Her
short fiction has been published in Story, Outside and literary magazines.
Her many travel articles, essays and book reviews have been published in the New
York Times.
Skinner’s Drift her first novel has been published in the USA,
UK and South Africa. Named a notable book of 2006 by the New York Times,
Skinner’s Drift was also a finalist for the LA Times Art
Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the runner-up for the 2007 Dayton Literary
Peace Prize. She lives in Southern California and is working on a second
novel. |
