About the author

Wessel Ebersohn

Wessel Ebersohn is an internationally published South African novelist and thriller author.&nbsp;Wessel Ebersohn was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1940. He went to school in Cape Town and Somerset West.<br><br>​​​​​​​At the age of 15 he left school to become a pupil telecommunications technician. His first book to be published was&nbsp;<em>A LONELY PLACE TO DIE</em>, the first Yudel Gordon Novel,&nbsp; in 1977. The rest of novels have followed in the years since then.<br><br>​​​​​​​In 1963 he married Miriam. They have three children and six grandchildren.<br><br>​​​​​​​In 1995 with the arrival of the democratic dispensation in South Africa, he and Miriam launched Succeed magazine, a magazine aimed at assisting small business. For 18 years he was its editor and Miriam its publisher. For the past six years they have lived on a beautiful small-holding on the edge of the South African bushveld.<br>Wessel Ebersohn, on his writing: “I have always written. At the age of eight I tried my hand at my first novel, based on a football match. It was long on action, but short on plot or characterisation. It took an apprenticeship of another 31 years before I saw a novel in print. At present I am producing one a year.<br>​​​​​​​<br>“My work has been particularly influenced by the great American novelists: Steinbeck, Hemingway, Hawthorne and James among them. But my subject matter comes from my life experiences and the continuing drama of my own country and continent.”<br>​​​​​​​<br>Wessel Ebersohn has been published in South Africa, the USA, the UK and most European countries.&nbsp;