In this podcast Lauren Beukes talks about crime and horror fiction, South Africa, her Creative Writing MA, and much more.
About Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes is a novelist, TV scriptwriter, documentary maker, comics
writer and occasional journalist. Her novels include the Arthur C Clarke Award winning novel Zoo City, Shining Girls, and Broken Monsters. Her next novel, working title Motherland, will be released in 2020. Lauren helped create South Africa’s first half-hour animated TV show, URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika, and has written kids animated shows for Disney UK and Millimages in France. Follow her on Twitter: @laurenbeukes
Show notes
- [02:30] Early life lessons growing up
- [04:30] Privilege and corruption
- [10:30] First experiences writing stories
- [12:50] Hardest struggles as a writer and navigating difficulties / Motherland
- [17:55] MA in Creative Writing and lessons learnt
- [26:50] Creative doubt
- [32:00] New story, Ungirls
- [36:30] Roger Venable, via Patreon, wants to know about Lauren’s schedule and knowing which project to work on when
- [39:00] Genre identity
- [44:00] Multitasking projects
- [51:00] Ryan Whitley, via Patreon, asks about crime-horror intersection and recommendations
- [01:03:00] Connect with Lauren
- [01:03:50] Final thoughts
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