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| nationality = [[South African people|South African]]
| period = (2005-present)
| genre = [[Science Fiction]]<br>[[Literary Fiction]]<br>[[Non-Fiction]]
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| website = http://laurenbeukes.book.co.za/
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'''Lauren Beukes''' (born on 5 June 1976 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]) is a [[South African people|South African]] [[writer|novelist]], short story writer, [[journalist]] and [[Screenwriter|TV scriptwriter]]. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her husband and her daughter.

== Books ==

She is the author of ''Moxyland'', a [[speculative_fiction|speculative]] [[science fiction]] novel set in a future Cape Town, first published in South Africa by Jacana Publishing in 2008 and released internationally by [[HarperCollins]]' Angry Robot imprint in 2009. 

Her first book, the non-fiction ''Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa's Past'' (Oshun 2005) was long-listed for the 2006 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. <br />She has published short stories in several anthologies including ''Touch: Stories of Contact'' (Zebra 2009), ''Open: Erotic Stories from South African Women Writers''
<ref>[http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-04-02-sa-women-dip-their-pens-in-saucy-ink SA Women dip their pens in saucy ink] in the [[Mail & Guardian]], 4 April 2008</ref> (Oshun 2008), ''FAB' (Umuzi 2007) 'African Road: New Writing from Southern Africa' (New Africa Books 2005)' 180 Degrees: New Fiction By South African Women Writers (Oshun 2006) and ''Urban 03''. (New Africa Books 2005) 

== Journalism ==

As a journalist, her articles have been published in a wide range of local and international magazines including ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', ''Nature Medicine'' and ''[[Colors_(magazine)|Colors]]'' as well as ''The Sunday Times Lifestyle'', ''[[Marie Claire]]'', ''[[Elle_(magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan_(magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' and ''[[SL]]'' magazine. 

She won Best Columnist Western Cape in the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards in 2007 <ref>[http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/15/19400.html Who will be Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2007?] on BizCommunity, 2 November 2007</ref> and 2008 <ref>[http://www.themediaonline.co.za/themedia/view/themedia/en/page1351?oid=15967&sn=Detail Vodacom Journalist of the Year] on The Media Online, 10 October 2008</ref>. 

== Television ==

As a scriptwriter, she was part of the development team that created South Africa's first half-hour animated TV series, ''[[URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika]]''.

She was also one of the writers, together with Ben Trovato and Tumiso Tsukudu on the pilot of controversial ''Z-News''<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424031/ Z-News] on IMDB</ref>, a ''[[Spitting Image]]''-style satire show with puppets based on the work of South African cartoonist, [[Zapiro]]. The pilot was commissioned by the SABC but never broadcast<ref>[http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-05-27-the-show-sabc-wouldnt-let-you-see The show SABC wouldn't let you see] in the [[Mail & Guardian]], 27 May 2009</ref>.

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa's Past]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Moxyland]]'' (2008)

===Short fiction===
Beukes has published short fiction in various collections:
* ''Urban '03'' (2005)
* ''African Road: New Writing from South Africa'' (2005)
* ''180 Degrees: New Fiction By South African Women Writers'' (2006)
* ''FAB'' (2007)
* ''Open: Erotic Stories from South African Women Writers'' (2008)
* ''Touch: Stories of Contact'' (2009)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://laurenbeukes.book.co.za/ Official site]
* [http://www.moxyland.com/ Moxyland]
* [http://books.google.co.za/books?id=I6ScDro1P7wC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=oshun.co.za+%2B+maverick+%2B+%22lauren+beukes%22&source=bl&ots=xcEbkB13sS&sig=wzEApVW0RxcNqyIFVM0fU94PpWk&hl=en&ei=v79VSrGRGJGwjAeLj7jBBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 Maverick]
* [http://www.struik.co.za/book.book.detail.action?id=2616 Touch: Stories of Contact]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424031/ Z-News on IMDB]
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* [http://www.brainwavez.org/books/features/2009/20090731001-01.html brainwavez.org Interview of Lauren Beukes regarding ''Moxyland'']

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