Bridget Pitt

Bridget Pitt is a South African writer, environmental activist and art teacher who was born in Zimbabwe and lives in Cape Town.[1]

Bridget Pitt
BornHarare, Zimbabwe
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalitySouth African
SpouseMike Evans
ChildrenJoanna Evans, Lara-May Evans
Website
www.thelesserspottedauthor.com

In 1987 she received a British Council Scholarship to study media at the University of London.[2]

Her first published writing was for grassroots newspapers,[3] which was part of the anti-apartheid struggle during the 1980s. She also drew a cartoon strip for the Weekly Mail.[2]

She wrote educational material for NGOs and textbooks, as well as poetry and fiction.[4] She has published poetry in The Thinker magazine, short stories, and novels.[5]

Her crime fiction novel The Unseen Leopard was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2011, and for the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.[4]

List of titles
  • 1998 Unbroken Wing
  • 2010 The Unseen Leopard
  • 2015 Notes from the Lost Property Department
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References
  1. "Bridget Pitt - writing & stuff - Home". Thelesserspottedauthor.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. "New from Bridget Pitt: The Unseen Leopard (Plus: Excerpt) | NB". Nb.bookslive.co.za. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  3. "NB Publishers | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Nb.co.za. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. "NB Publishers | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Nb.co.za. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  5. "Human & Rousseau | Our Authors | Bridget Pitt". Humanrousseau.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.


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