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Maria Phalime
Maria Phalime completed the Get Smarter/Random House Struik Nonfiction Story Course under acclaimed author Mike Nicol. In 2013 her novel for teens, Second Chances, was the English ...view moreMaria Phalime completed the Get Smarter/Random House Struik Nonfiction Story Course under acclaimed author Mike Nicol. In 2013 her novel for teens, Second Chances, was the English language category winner of the Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards. She is the recipient of the inaugural City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award. This award sponsors authors to research and write a work of nonfiction. It is granted annually and promotes nonfiction writing on subjects of significance to South African society.
Born and raised in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, Maria moved to Cape Town in 1991 to pursue her studies at the University of Cape Town, from which she graduated with degrees in Science and Medicine. She worked as a general practitioner in South Africa and the United Kingdom, before leaving medical practice to pursue non-clinical interests.
In 2010 she found her voice as a writer.view less