Neshani Andreas (1964 – May 2011) was a Namibian writer, who had also worked as a teacher and for the American Peace Corps.

[4] She is best known for her novel The Purple Violet of Oshaantu, which made her the first Namibian to be included in Heinemann's African Writers Series.

[7][8] She was born in Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia), in 1964, the second of eight children, and first worked at a clothing factory.

[9] The work gained her international attention, being one of the first post-independence novels published following the South African occupation.

[12] Andreas was working as a programme officer for the Forum for African Women Educationalists at the time of her death at the age of 46.