Lisa de Nikolits - Bio
Originally from South Africa, Lisa de Nikolits has been a Canadian citizen since 2003. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Philosophy and has lived and worked in the U.S.A., Australia and Britain.
Apart from West of Wawa and The Hungry Mirror, other works include:
• A thriller, a work-in-progress, working title The Corner of the Desert is currently being rewritten and cut in collaboration with an evaluator from Inanna Publications.
• A Glittering Chaos, novel at 80 000 words is currently being evaluated.
• 2005 - Stories from Our Black Book, Silver Lining Ltd, a Canadian book on dating; three short stories were published in this printed anthology.
• 2003 - The Boy from New Brunswick: a bronze-medal winning poem published in Songs on the Wind, by the Poetry Institute of Canada.
• 1996 - God’s Day Off: Lisa's version of The Devil Wears Prada, first draft only,
80 0000 words. This novel is based on her experiences as an art director in the world of fashion magazines.
• 1995 - Single Girls Go Mad Sooner: the perils of the dating game. This, her first novel, was self-published in the UK by then Minerva.
• 1990 - My Mother’s Painting: a short story published in a British anthology entitled Simply the Best, produced and printed in England, in 1990.
• 1986 – Cosmopolitan magazine; when the South African edition of Cosmopolitan magazine bought two poems for the sum of R125.
In addition, several articles were written for Canadian Immigrant magazine, as well as a travel story for marie claire and several pieces for AD, a South African magazine.
Also:
• The Adventures of Snowflake, the Incredible Floating Cat, a children’s book.
• A volume of short stories, The Fables of Foxtrot Four is at first proof stage.
• A novella The Silent Unraveling of a Thousand Threads, 10 000 words,
is complete.
Between the Cracks She Fell, stands at 40 000 words.
Photo © Bradford Dunlop
Disclaimer: The Hungry Mirror, The Corner of the Desert, West of Wawa and Cannibals of the Afterlifeare all works of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Bio
The Hungry Mirror is the winner of
a Gold Medal Award Women's Issues, Fiction and was been longlisted for
the ReLit 2011.
And now available, West of Wawa.
