User talk:NadiadeKock/Zelda Bezuidenhout

Biographical detail
Born 1962 (age 62) Nationality South African Education North West University Occupation Novelist, writer Spouse Izak Bezuidenhout Children 1 daughter NadiadeKock (talk) 11:02, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Biography
Zelda Bezuidenhout (née Nel) was born in Zambia and moved to South Africa as a young girl. She worked as an advertising copywriter in Johannesburg for most of her adult life and only started writing books at the age of 56.

Her first book, the Afrikaans youth novel 'As mens geluk kon proe', was the runner-up in Lapa Publishers’ Youth Novel competition of 2018. It has since been translated into English and was published as Confessions of a Ginger Pudding in 2021. Her first novel for adults, 'Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom', was published in 2019 and has subsequently been adapted for film. 'Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom', the movie, will be released late in 2024. Several other Young Adult novels and a suspence novel, 'Die waarde van Stil Bure', followed. In 2024, she was once again the runner-up in Lapa’s competition with her YA manuscript 'Quinn se jaar van kwik', set for publication in October 2024.

Many of Zelda’s short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines. For three years, she had a regular column in Taalgenoot magazine and she has won awards for her radio dramas. She lives in Parys, Free State, with her husband Izak. They have a daughter, Mia, who is a compositing artist at an animation studio in Cape Town. NadiadeKock (talk) 11:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Work
She has published six youth novels: As mens geluk kon proe (2018) Die 6 weke van Thomas en Ella (2019) Toe ons oneindig was (2020) Confessions of a ginger pudding (2021) Die 3 van ons (2021) Anderkant die blou (2022) Her two adult novels are Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom (2019) and Die waarde van stil bure (2021). Her ninth book is a YA novel titled Quinn se jaar van kwik. This manuscript was the runner-up in Lapa’s 2024 Youth Novel Competition and will be published in October 2024. NadiadeKock (talk) 11:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)