Christopher Hope
Christopher Hope was born in Johannesburg in 1944. He worked as a journalist before moving to London in 1975. His first novel, A Separate Development, was banned in South Africa and won the David Higham Prize for Fiction. His other novels include Kruger’s Alp, which won the Whitbread Novel Award; The Hottentot Room; My Chocolate Redeemer and Serenity House which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. His most recent novels are Heaven Forbid and My Mother’s Lovers. His non-fiction includes a biography of the Zimbabwean decorator Robert Mugabe, Brothers Under the Skin: Travels in Tyranny.
