n de la Haye HORROR AUTHOR by Melissa Delport
Joan De La Haye writes horror and some very twisted thrillers. She invariably wakes up in the middle of the night, because she’s figured out yet another freaky way to mess with her already screwed-up characters. Joan is interested in some seriously weird stuff. That’s probably also one of the reasons she writes horror. Joan was born in Pretoria on the 17th of January 1977 at 7pm. The youngest of three children raised by parents in the Diplomatic service, Joan was educated abroad, finally completing her education in Vienna. She speaks three languages, is qualified in clinical hypnotherapy and also has a diploma in Fine Art and Creative Design. Joan began her writing career at the tender of age of ten, when she spent
the duration of her school holidays camped in her mother’s office, driving her crazy. Joan’s mother, out of sheer desperation, handed Joan a pen and some paper and instructed her to “do something constructive”. Never one to back down from a challenge, young Joan took one look at the faded fairy poster taped to her mother’s office wall and wrote a story called “The Wonderful World of Candyfloss.” On her return to school, Joan made everyone in her class read her masterpiece. Multiple times. She’s been writing ever since. Over the past four years, Joan has released four books: Oasis (Novella, 2012), Requiem in E Sharp (novel, 2012), Shadows (novel, 2013), and Burning (novella, 2014). She is currently working on her third novel, Fury, which
is scheduled for release in 2016. She has also had short stories published on Wily Writers and in Graveyard Rendezvous, Jozi: Reflections on Johannesburg, Bloody Parchment Vol 2, Tales from the Nun and Dragon, Afro Sci-Fi, Noir Carnival, Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets, European Monsters, and Tales from the Lake Vol 1. Joan has also written a non-fiction article for Horror 101: The way forward. Joan currently resides in Pretoria, South Africa. For more information please contact Joan De La Haye on joang_sa@ hotmail.com or have a look at her website: http://joandelahaye.com/ You can also find more information on the Fox Spirit website: http://www. foxspirit.co.uk/
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