Natasha Mostert is a South African novelist and screenwriter. She grew up in Johannesburg but currently lives in London, UK. Her fourth novel, SEASON OF THE WITCH, won the 2009 World Book Day: Book to Talk About Award. Future goals include writing poetry, executing a perfect spinning crescent kick and coming face to face with the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe. Aside from writing, Mostert is an avid kickboxer. Visit her website at www.natashamostert.com to find out more about her involvement with the CPAU Fight for Peace project, which teaches Afghan women how to box and feel empowered in their lives. Educated in South Africa and at Columbia University, New York, Mostert majored in modern languages and holds graduate degrees in Lexicography and Applied Linguistics. She has worked as a teacher in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at WITS University, Johannesburg and as project coordinator in the publishing department of public television station WNET/Channel Thirteen, New York. Her political opinion pieces have appeared on the op-ed page of The New York Times, and in Newsweek, The Independent and The Times (London).
'This hauntingly elegant tale of a doomed love between two lost souls is rife with Eastern mysticism, concepts of destiny, reincarnation and redemption through selfless acts.' Booklist 'One of the most original voices on the literary scene. A master wordsmith.' Glamour Magazine 'Always action-packed.' Publishers Weekly 'The most touching, heartbreaking and romantic novel I have read in years ... (this) wonderful novel will haunt me for a very long time.' Romance Designs 'The cave-diving sequences are heart-stopping in their intensity. One has come to expect good writing and clever plotting from Mostert, and this book does not disappoint on either score.' Cape Times
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