Paula Marais has written several novels including The Punishment, Love and Wine, Shadow Self (Skaduself in Afrikaans), Under the Surface and her latest, A Nuclear Family. As an avid traveller, she has hiked an icy Inca Trail in Peru, watched the Northern Lights from the Arctic Circle, forced down creamed eel in Estonia, gone shrimping in Charleston, been charged by a tiger in Nepal, climbed the Great Wall of China and crossed the Australian continent from north to south in a ramshackle Ford Mustang with no air-conditioning. Paula has a Master’s in Creative Writing (UCT), and likes to deal with issue-based subjects. However, her focus is always first and foremost on character and voice. Paula lives in Cape Town with her family and Jack Russell, and loves whiskey, beautiful views and exploring Table Mountain.
