Lauri

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Gender	Female
Occupation	writer
Location	Botswana
Introduction	I'm Lauri Kubuitsile. I'm a full-time, award-winning writer living in Botswana. I have numerous published books for both kids and adults, across various genres, and my short stories have been published around the world. I have won the Pan-African prize for children's writing, The Golden Baobab, twice. I won the Bessie Head Literature Award for short story, the 2007 AngloPlatinum Short Story Contest, and the Botswana's Department of Arts and Culture, 2007 Botswerere Award for Creative Writing. I was shortlisted for the 2011 Caine Prize.
Interests	Reading, swimming, taking walks in the bush with my dogs, and spending time with my family.
Favorite Books	Changes with almost every book I read. I love everything by Kate Atkinson, Margaret Atwood, John Steinbeck, and Andre Brink.