Malla nunn author biography for book
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Malla Nunn
Biography of Malla Nunn
Malla Nunn was born and raised in Swaziland. Her adult crime books have earned her two Edgar nominations and a RUSA Award for Best Mystery Novel. Her first young adult novel, When the Ground is Hard, won the L.A. Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature and the Josette Frank Award for Children’s Literature.
After earning a master’s degree in Theatre Studies, she dabbled in acting in New York City, worked as a cocktail waitress, a nanny, a bookseller, and on film sets, but never at the same time. She also made short films and an award-winning documentary, Servant of the Ancestors, before surrendering to her passion: writing books.
She married in a traditional Swazi ceremony. Her bride price was eighteen cows.
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Interview
A brief but revealing Q&A with Malla Nunn, author of A Beautiful Place to Die, the first in the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series set in 1950s South Africa.
Malla Nunn Revealed
Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. A chaotic juggling act. Writing, children, dreaming, cooking.
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Ubuntu: We are people through other people.
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. Being happy with what I have; right here, right now.
Q. What's your greatest fear?
A. Loss of a loved one, closely followed by bad reviews!
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. Walking through the African bush, the smell of fresh rain in the air.
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. The women who wash the laundry and heat the baby bottles while the bombs drop. They are the life force.
Q. Which living person do you most admire?
A. My parents. They have survived hard lives with their humanity intact.
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. Honestly, really, the thing is...
Q. What do you regret most?
A. Letting fear of failure hold me back.
Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
A. The