Boehmer was born in Durban, South Africa, to Dutch parents, but has since been settled in the UK, teaching in several of the universities. Her current position at the University of Oxford is a return of sorts to an academic environment she had an earlier experience of as an Oxford student.
New and upcoming books
Novels
Screens Against the Sky (1990)
An Immaculate Figure (1993)
Bloodlines (2001)
Nile Baby (2008)
The Shouting in the Dark (2015)
Ice Shock (2026)
An Immaculate Figure (1993)
Bloodlines (2001)
Nile Baby (2008)
The Shouting in the Dark (2015)
Ice Shock (2026)
Collections
Sharmilla and Other Portraits (2010)
The Shouting in the Dark and other southern writing (2019)
To the Volcano (2019)
The Shouting in the Dark and other southern writing (2019)
To the Volcano (2019)
Non fiction
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Books containing stories by Elleke Boehmer
One World Two (2016)
A Second Global Anthology of Short Stories
(One World, book 2)
edited by
Chris Brazier
