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MD Villiers was born in Johannesburg and studied psychology at the University of Pretoria. Her passion for the country she grew up in provides her with a backdrop for her fiction in which she explores life in a country always on the brink of change.She was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger for unpublished writers in 2007 and is now based in London, but often visits South Africa, where her family still lives. City of Blood is her debut novel.
Terrific...The city's vibrant, exciting, dangerous atmosphere is superbly portrayed -- Marcel Berlins * The Times * Johannesburg is fertile ground for a crime writer... Strong and vivid, City of Blood is the coming-of-age story of both Siphiwe and the slightly older Progress... There is plenty of action, but also, amid the chaos and carnage, a sense of redemption * Guardian * Explosive and emotional, a journey to the dark side you won't forget -- Dreda Say Mitchell Shows how a simple act of kindness can have catastrophic consequences... Villiers gives an urgent desperation to the mounting danger as her tale heads towards its grand-scale showdown * Metro * MD. Villiers' remarkable debut novel is a coming-of-age story, fast-moving, thrilling and thought-provoking. Her plot is well-developed, her prose lively, occasionally lyrical but always clear and direct...[she] writes a mean action scene. Her characters too, are a joy * CrimeTime *
