Kirsten Miller (South African writer)

Kirsten Miller is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n novelist, writer and artist. Her first book Children on the Bridge: A Story of Autism in South Africa (ISBN 978-1770092099) is an autobiographical account of her work as a tutor of autistic

Autism

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...

children. It details the challenges in dealing with these children and their families and the effect this work has on her personal life.

Her novel All is Fish (ISBN 978-1770092181) was shortlisted for the 2005 EU Literary Awards. The novel is set in the resort town of Mtunzini in Zululand

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

, South Africa and deals warmly with the complex relationships between the three central protagonists.

She has published short stories in five collections ("When the Master Calls", "The Chief's Spell", "White Boy", "Chance Encounter" and "Only in Art" in Uncovered Mirrors, African Road, African Compass, Dinaane: Short Stories by South African Women and New Writing in Africa, respectively), and was also a finalist 3 times in the SA Pen Awards.

Kristen has written an illustrated children's book, "A Time for Fairies", which was published in South Africa in 2008.

Kirsten is a featured book reviewer for the Sunday Times and also contributes regularly to South African Airways

South African Airways

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's inflight magazine Sawubona.

Miller was featured in the 2008 Time of the Writer International Writers Festival alongside Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.-Biography:Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas...

, Charles Mungoshi

Charles Mungoshi

Charles Lovemore Mungoshi is a writer from Zimbabwe.Mungoshi's works include short stories and novels in both Shona and English. He also writes poetry, but views it as a "mere finger exercise." He has a wide range, including anti-colonial writings and children's books...

, Ananda Devi

Mauritian literature

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and John Pilger

John Pilger

John Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist and documentary maker, based in London. He has twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award, and his documentaries have received academy awards in Britain and the US....

.

Kirsten Miller's artwork centres on fabric and watercolours, drawing inspiration from her surroundings and thoughts. Johannesburg's Unity Gallery has held a solo exhibition of her work. Her fabric, beads and fibreglass commission of African Moo-nlight for CowParade

CowParade

CowParade is an international public art exhibit that has been featured in major world cities. Fiberglass sculptures of cows are decorated by local artists, and distributed over the city centre, in public places such as train stations, important avenues, and parks. They often feature artwork and...

was purchased on auction by the brewer SABMiller

SABMiller

SABMiller plc is a global brewing and bottling company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's second-largest brewing company measured by revenues and is also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. Its brands include Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell...

.

Miller has a BA (Hons.) cum laude from the University of Natal and has held jobs as a university lecturer, creativity teacher and dolphin trainer. She has lived in London, Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

and 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...

. Kirsten currently lives in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

and works with autistic

Autism

children as well as attending to her artwork and writing.

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