David Mann is an award-winning writer, editor and arts journalist from Johannesburg, South Africa. His reviews and essays on art, as well as his short fiction, have appeared in various journals and publications including Springerin, Portside Review, Imbiza Journal, New Contrast, and Contemporary Lynx. He currently works as the writer for The Centre for the Less Good Idea. Once Removed (Botsotso, 2024) is his debut collection of short fiction.