Simone Haysom is the author of The Last Words of Rowan du Preez: murder and conspiracy on the Cape Flats. She is a previous recipient of ANFASA funding, and of the Miles Morland Scholarship for African Writing. Her essays, creative non-fiction and short stories have been published in adda, Prufrock, and Africa is a Country. She works as a Senior Analyst for the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, based in Geneva.

Twitter: @simonehaysom