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SHIMMER CHINODYA was born in Gweru in 1957 and educated in Zimbabwe. On completion of his first degree he went to the Iowa Writers Workshop where he did an MA in Creative Writing. His publications include the novels Dew in the Morning (1982), Farai’s Girls (1984), Child of War (1985), under his pen-name, Ben Chirasha, Harvest of Thorns (1989), an anthology, Can We Talk and other stories (1998) and a teenage novel, Tale of Tamari (2004). Harvest of Thorns won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa region) in 1990; Can We Talk was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2000. Chinodya has also written children’s books under his pen-name, as well as the script for the award-winning feature film, Everyone’s Child. In addition, he has developed a highly acclaimed language textbook series Step Ahead: New Secondary English Course. Chinodya has won many fellowships abroad and from 1995-97, was visiting professor in Creative Writing and African Literature at the University of St Lawrence in the USA Chinodya works as a free-lance writer and consultant.