Karen Jennings
AUTHOR

Karen Jennings

Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Karen Jennings is a South African author currently living in Brazil with her Brazilian husband. She holds Masters degrees in both English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town, and a PhD in English Literature from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her debut novel, Finding Soutbek, was shortlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for African Fiction. She has published a short story collection Away from the Dead and a poetry collection, Space Inhabited by Echoes, as well as a memoir, Travels with my Father. In 2019 she published the historical mining novel Upturned Earth. Her most recent novel, An Island, was written with support from the Miles Morland Foundation and was longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize.
Read more Read less
You're getting a free audiobook


You're getting a free audiobook.

$8.99 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Try Standard free

Crooked Seeds

Most popular
View Details

Best Sellers

Product List
  • An Island Audiobook By Karen Jennings cover art

    $15.75 or free with 30-day trial

    Try Standard free
  • Crooked Seeds Audiobook By Karen Jennings cover art

    $15.75 or free with 30-day trial

    Try Standard free
  • An Island Audiobook By Karen Jennings cover art

    $15.84 or free with 30-day trial

    Try Standard free

Are you an author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.
Visit Amazon Author Central