Alex Latimer

Alex Latimer is an award-winning South African writer and illustrator. His picture books for children have been published and translated around the world. He has written one novel, The Space Race, and has co-written two others, South and North – both with Diane Awerbuck under the pen name Frank Owen. His debut short story collection, Love Stories for Ghosts was published in 2024. His story ‘Extinction’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

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