Dalena Theron is an award-winning journalist who holds degrees in journalism and social anthropology from the University of Pretoria. She also writes short stories in her spare time. Born in KwaZulu-Natal, she has lived and worked in Pretoria and São Paulo, and currently lives in Cape Town. The Paper House is her first novel.
Dalena Theron is ’n joernalis met grade in die joernalistiek en sosiale antropologie van die Universiteit van Pretoria. Sy skryf ook kortverhale. Sy is in KwaZulu-Natal gebore en het in Pretoria en São Paulo gewoon en gewerk. Tans woon sy in Kaapstad saam met haar man en seun. Huisies van papier is haar eerste roman.