Lauren liebenberg biography

Lauren Liebenberg (born 3 August 1972) is a Zimbabwe-born South African writer.

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Her debut novel The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008. Her subsequent novels, The West Rand Jive Cats Boxing Club and Cry Baby, have also received international critical acclaim.

Background

Liebenberg was born in Rhodesia but as a child left newly independent Zimbabwe for neighbouring South Africa.

She attended Brescia House, a Catholic school for girls in Johannesburg. After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of South Africa, she lived in England for some years, before returning to South Africa, where she graduat