Deon Meyer

Deon Meyer

Deon Meyer, South African novelist.
Born July 4, 1958 (1958-07-04) (age 53)
Paarl, Western Cape,
South Africa
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter
Genres Crime/Thriller fiction

Deon Godfrey Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, writing in Afrikaans. His books have been translated in 20 languages.[1] He has also written numerous scripts for television and film.[2]

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Life and career

Meyer was born on the 4th of July 1958 in Paarl. He matriculated in 1976 at the Schoonspruit High School in Klerksdorp. He studied at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education where he studied for a BA degree with English and History as majors. He later obtained an honours degree at the University of the Free State. In the 1980s he worked as a journalist at Die Volksblad, at the public relations office of the University of the Free State, and began work as advertising copy writer at Sanlam. In 1991 he was appointed manager of Internal Communication and creative director of Sanlam's Publicity department. After Sanlam he started his own business specialising in the creation and management of virtual communities on the internet, and thereafter he was manager of special projects at BMW motorcycles. He currently writes full time. [3]

Novels

Deon Meyer's novel-writing career started when the Afrikaans magazine, Huisgenoot, published a short story he had submitted.[4] Since then he has published eight novels and two collections of short stories.

Bibliography

Film rights awarded for novels

Awards and nominations

Meyer has also been nominated and has also won numerous awards.[5]

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