Jacqui L'Ange was born in Durban and grew up across five continents. As a journalist she attended the first ever United Nations Conference on environment and development in Rio, in 1992. Over the past twenty years she has produced award-winning work in advertising, television, film, and multi-media. She has a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Cape Town, and was books editor Psychologies and O - The Oprah magazine. The author of the children's book Miss Helen's magical world, she lives in Cape Town with her family and menagerie of other animals.
"[T]his story sings across its pages. It traces a tale of
redemption and seeking love and truth with the beauty of a
symphony. I have seldom read a book as beautifully imagined,
executed and felt."--Cape Times
"A beautifully crafted and poetically detailed story on bio-piracy
set in South Africa and Brazil."--The Star
"It traces a tale of redemption and seeking love and truth with the
beauty of a symphony."--Cape Times
"L'ange's lissom prose carries a sense of place, and purpose.
Passion and betrayal ooze from Salvador's streets."--Business
Day
"The Seed Thief is a rich tale that is part quest narrative, part
story of self-discovery and awakening ... It's a novel that feels
like a dream you can remember for only an instant upon waking, and
then floats away into the ephemeral, leaving behind only a warm
glow and a desire for more."--Essentials
"The Seed Thief is a richly sensuous experience and L'Ange an
alchemist who has mixed an exotic and mesmerising
potion."--Pretoria News
"The Seed Thief is one of those rare books which deliver on all
fronts and leave you completely satisfied ... The characters are
subtly drawn; their relationships authentic and fascinating. The
tension of the plot is perfectly taut throughout. Stylistically,
the novel is flawless."--LitNet
"While a passionate love story and a botanical mystery form the
framework of the plot, L'Ange explores a myriad other fascinating
themes and threads in this wide-ranging, lush and layered work...
The Seed Thief is a richly sensuous experience and L'Ange an
alchemist who has mixed an exotic and mesmerising potion."--Avis
Perks "IOL "
"Who knew a tiny star-shaped seed from near-extinct tree could
spark so enchanting, suspenseful, and intensely spiritual a tale as
Jacqui L'Ange's debut novel, The Seed Thief? ...I lost myself in a
story that is lovingly crafted with words that capture the minutiae
of the tiniest elements of biology and the larger-than-life culture
of South America's biggest nation. The Seed Thief is a story of
worlds beneath worlds within worlds, of surrendering to the
splendour of chaos and the beauty of the mysterious."--Andrea van
Wyk "And the Plot Thickens "
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