[2][4][5] She went to school at Eersterivier Sekondêr and obtained an Honours degree in Afrikaans and Dutch languages at the University of the Western Cape in 2011 (with Antjie Krog as one of her professors) and a Master's degree in Creative writing at Rhodes University in 2019.

[3] While writing, Kamfer held various jobs, including waitress, office worker and nurse.

Among the authors who influenced her, she mentions Derek Walcott, Charles Bukowski and Antjie Krog.

Kamfer is married to poet, illustrator and comic-strip creator Nathan Trantraal; they have one child and live in Makhanda.

[7] In 2016, she was awarded the Jan Rabie en Marjorie Wallace writer's grant prize.