Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer and lawyer who lives in Geneva. Her first book, An Elegy for Easterly (Faber and Faber, 2009), a story collection, was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Gappah's writing has appeared in eight countries. She has written for Prospect, Farafina, Per Contra, the Guardian, the Mail and Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Zimbabwe Times.