Danila Botha is a South African author and journalist who was born in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 and moved to Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

Canada

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 in her teens. She studied Creative Writing

Creative writing

Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...

 at York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

, and at Humber College

Humber College

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber offers more than 150 programs including: bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, post-graduate certificate and apprenticeship programs, across 40 fields of study. Humber serves...

 for Writers. She volunteered with Na-me-res and Ve’ahavta, organizations benefiting the homeless, which inspired many of the stories in Got No Secrets, her first book, published by Tightrope Books

Tightrope Books

Tightrope Books is a Canadian independent book publisher based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Founded in 2005 by Halli Villegas, Tightrope Books publishes mainly poetry and fiction, as well as non-fiction and anthologies. As a "writer-centric press," Tightrope Books involves its authors and poets in...

 in Canada, and Modjaji Books

Modjaji Books

Modjaji Books is a South African small-scale independent publisher.Modjaji Books is based in Cape Town, publishing books written exclusively by Southern African women. Currently, Modjaji publishes short stories, memoir, novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction.The Modjaji Books blog is frequently...

 in South Africa in May 2010. The stories, which deal with addiction, abuse, suicide, and childhood are journeys into the private lives of twelve women.

She currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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. She is finishing her second book, a novel called Too Much on the Inside. She is also beginning work on her first graphic novel.

She has contributed to the National Post’s the Afterword, and Salty Ink, among others.

External links

• http://arts.nationalpost.com/tag/danila-botha/ (National Post articles written by Danila Botha)
• http://saltyink.com/2010/07/21/guest-blog-danila-botha/ (Salty Ink article written by Danila Botha)