Sheila Kohler

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"When my sister died a violent death 25 years ago in apartheid South Africa, my writing took a new turn.  I was driven to explore the reasons for violence within intimate relationships, in particular, the abuse of power and privilege. Since then I have published seven novels, three collections of short stories, and several others not yet collected, all of which focus in some way on this theme. They represent my attempt to delve into the mysteries of hate and anger, and of love and compassion, as well.  I am hoping that you will share them with me."

Latest News
  
Reading from Sheila's new book at the Corner Bookstore -

Sheila will be reading from her new book "Bay of the Foxes"  at the Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison, New York N.Y. on the 28th June at six o'clock.

 
Sheila in Rome this summer -

Sheila will spend June in Rome at the American Academy as a visiting scholar and writer.

 
New French Translation -

"Love Child" will be translated into French and will come out in June 2013

 
New novel due to come in July from Penguin -

Sheila's ninth novel, is due to come in July from Penguin called The Bay of Foxes.

Bay Of Foxes

A new story is also due out in May in Long Island Noir, "Terror" ( Akashic Books) and in The Yale Review "Magic Man" and in summer issue of  The American Scholar "Bells on her toes." and in Fiction a story called Fiction.

 

 
New Non Fiction -

An essay in Salmagundi called "Love Child" in summer issue, 2012 which will be in an anthology in 2013 edited by Elizabeth Bendict and published by Algonquin.

Becoming Jane EyreNew Translations of Becoming Jane Eyre are out in Hungarian and in French  from La Table Ronde in January as well as a translation into Latvian!

 
Curledup.com Review of Love Child -

Read the curledup.com review of  "Love Child"

 
New York Journal of Books review of Love Child -

 Read the New York Journal of Books review of "Love Child

 
Publisher's Weekly Review of Love Child -

 Read the review of "Love Child

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Latest Reviews
  
 The Bay Of Foxes

The Bay Of Foxes

Coming in July 2012
“Shelia Kohler's The Bay Of Foxes is a sexy subtle psychological thriller. With delicate and terrifying grace Kohler illuminates the complex hidden lives of her characters, whose needs and desires transgress the bounds of the familiar and comfortable. This seductive and wonderfully unexpected tale confirms Sheila Kohler's place as a master of the novel.”
—A.M. Homes, author of The Mistress’s Daughter

“An elegant, sensuous, literary thriller, set in the poshest enclaves of Paris, Sardinia, and Rome… and an indelibly written hommage to the art of Miss Highsmith and the talents of Mr. Ripley.A book to savor on every level.”— Joan Schenkar, author of The Talented Miss Highsmith 

 Love Child

Love Child

Lois Henderson of Stellenbosch University in South Africa: "Ms. Kohler’s work should not be overlooked, as it holds open a vista of a whole new generation of filmmaking in, and about, South Africa.”

Bluebird

Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness

J.M. Coetzee, author of Slow Man: "Sheila Kohler brings her courageous and resourceful heroine vividly to life in a stirring story of revolutionary times."

Crossways

Crossways

J. M. Coetzee: "There is a territory—fictional and psychological—that Sheila Kohler has now marked as her own. I am full of admiration.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition."

Cracks

Cracks

Elle: "Smoothly confident and erotic…a tale resonant with a chilling power all its own."

For film reviews of the film release of Cracks, Click Here

 

Children of Pithiviers