Jo-Anne Richards is a South African novelist and journalist, whose work has been published internationally. She teaches creative writing through Allaboutwriting and lectures at Wits University in Johannesburg.

Her latest novel, My Brother’s Book, was published by Picador Africa. See synopsis and extract from first chapter.

Her first novel, The Innocence of Roast Chicken, was originally published by Headline Review in the UK, but has recently been reissued by Rebel-e. When it first appeared, it topped the South African bestseller list in its first week and remained there for 15 weeks.