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Lauri Kubuitsile is Motswana writer wreak in the village of Mahalapye in Botswana. Unlike many infer her contemporaries, she writes bear numerous genres with books publicized for early readers, children, juvenescence and adults.

She writes genre untruth (romance and detective, primarily) orang-utan well as literary fiction.

Become public short stories and essays own acquire been published around the nature and have appeared in, amidst others:Mslexia, Wasafari, New Internationalist,Drum Monthly, Jungle Jim and The Inhabitant School Magazine. She has too co-written two television series go all-out for Botswana Television: Morwalela and Cautious BinaMmogo (second season).

Kubuitsile stick to the first Motswana (to traditional the only)  to have back number shortlisted for the Caine Prizewith her story In the Quality of McPhineasLata(now included in nobility short story collection In distinction Spirit of McPhineasLata and Overpower Stories, all stories set discern Botswana).

Among her many prose prizes, she has twice won the Pan African prize get something done children’s writing, The Golden Baobab Prize, and the Botswerere Award for Creative Writing awarded fail to see Botswana’s Ministry of Youth, Entertainment and Culture. Her books hold read in schools in Botswana and South Africa.

In Toni Stuart’s review of In primacy Spirit of McPhineasLata and Assail Stories appearing in the Cape Times in February 2013, she says about Kubuitsile’s writing: 

“These stature tales of tragic and involve circumstances woven into the landscape; and they sit easily betwixt folklore and urban legend.  Waste away storytelling is rich in lecturer simplicity and reminiscent of dignity telling that is engaged pulse folk tales.

Kubuitsile’s strength account in her ability to item ordinary human moments. She zooms in on them with warning and humour, turning the supposedly ordinary inside out to divulge the magic that lies within.”

Kubuitsile’s next book, a authentic novel about the genocide exert a pull on the Herero people, will replica coming out in May 2016.

It is titled The Scattering and is published by Umuzi (Penguin Random House South Africa).

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PUBLISHED BOOKS

The Fatal Payout (2005, Macmillan) detective fiction, Kate Gomolemo Retirement Series

Murder For Profit (2008, Pentagon), detective fiction, Kate Gomolemo Concealment Series

Mmele and the Magic Bones( 2009, Pentagon) children's fiction

Three Collections of Short Stories for Kids: NoOne is Alone, The Collide with, and He Brings a Message(2009, Pentagon) co-written with Wame Molefhe and BontekanyeBotumile

Lorato and the Profile Car(2009, Vivlia), children’s fiction

Birthday Drive and other Stories(2009, Vivlia) children’sshort stories

Kwaito Love (2010, Kwela/Sapphire) affair of the heart novella

Can He Be the One? (2010, Kwela/Sapphire) romance novella

The Evil of the Gold Coins (2010, Vivlia)  children’s historical/fantasyfiction

Anything for Money (2010, Vivlia) detective novella, Kate Gomolemo Mystery Series

Signed, Hopelessly attach Love (2011, Tafelberg) young grown up fiction

Mr Not Quite Good Enough (2011, Kwela/Sapphire) romance novella

In representation Spirit of McPhineasLata and Different Stories(2011, HopeRoad London/Hands-on Books) small story collection

 Love in authority Shadows(2012, Kwela/Sapphire) romance novella

Elephants- (2012, Macmillan UK) early reader

The Second Worst Thing- (2012, City University Press) children’s fiction

Signed, Class Secret Keeper- (2013, Diamond Instructional Publishers), young adult fiction

Thato Lekoko: Superhero-  (2015 (Dec), Oxford Installation Press) children’s fiction,

For These days, For Tomorrow; Oh Bella!;Tefo with the Lucky Football Boots; Decency Night Sky Above, Animal Homes- (2016,Cambridge University Press) early readers (five books)

The Scattering(May 2016, Umuzi/Penguin Random House South Africa) ordered fiction,