Craig Higginson

Craig Higginson (born 29 October 1971) is a novelist, playwright and theatre director based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

He has written and published several international plays and novels and won and been nominated for numerous awards in South Africa and Britain.

Due to the escalating situation during the Rhodesian Bush War, he moved with his mother and sister to Johannesburg, South Africa in 1976, the year of the Soweto Uprisings.

In 1990, in the weeks that saw the release of Nelson Mandela from jail and the unbanning of the African National Congress, Higginson went to the University of the Witwatersrand to study Fine Art, but later moved to a BA (Honors) in English and European Literature.

His play Dream of the Dog, starring Dame Janet Suzman, transferred to the West End after a sold-out run at the Finborough Theatre.

Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph wrote, "The Finborough has a massive, unmissable hit on its hands with Dream of the Dog … An evening fit to grab you by the throat.

"[4] Higginson was one of ten playwrights from around the world to be commissioned by the National Theatre, London, for the Connections Festival 2012 to coincide with the Olympics.

He uses techniques from the theatre in his fiction such as differing perspectives and dramatic irony to represent the complexity of post-apartheid South African society – extending these themes to a global context in several instances.

He uses his experience of growing up in war-torn Zimbabwe and apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa to speak back to the complacencies of contemporary America and Europe.

Shortly before her death, Gordimer stated "The Dream House is an open and frank exploration of human life that resonates beyond race.

"[10] Brink wrote, “Craig Higginson is in the vanguard of the latest and most exciting novelists in South Africa, both robust and sensitive, offering a barometer of the best to be expected from the newest wave of writing in the country”[10] Source:[3] 2006: Truth in Translation (co-writer) 2007: Dream of the Dog (published Wits Press 2009 (in At This Stage) and 2015 (in Three Plays), Oberon Books 2010 and 2015 (in Three Plays)) 2008: Ten Bush (co-writer with Mncedisi Shabangu) The Perfect Circle (monologue published in SA Monologues Vol.