Katlynn Brooke

Growing up in Africa during the ’50’s and ’60’s, Katlynn Brooke’s childhood was an unusual one, even by African standards. While her city peers were learning how to dance to Chubby Checker’s The Twist or preparing for final exams, she was in a camper traveling through the bushveld penning plays and short stories for her family’s entertainment. Her father's job took him to out-of-the-way places, so Brooke was home-schooled when possible, or sent to a boarding school straight from of the pages of a Dickens book.