MAYA FOWLER was born in Cape Town in 1980. She started her schooling in Stellenbosch, but went on to spend most of her childhood in the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet, where drought and a harsh landscape taught her to appreciate that beauty comes in many forms and resides in the tiniest things. Maya holds a BA and an MA (Linguistics) from the University of Stellenbosch, and she works as deputy editor of Edgars Club Magazine.