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Biography:
Dating back to when I was a kiddy, I had always had a deep passion for writing, which emerged fully when I was in junior secondary school. At the time I had love for reading novels, which in turn fuelled my passion for writing. Each time when I finished reading a novel I would think to myself, "I think I can write like that too". With that I bought a small notebook, and whenever I had a chance, especially when I could not concentrate in class, I would be jotting away, trying to write a story. I remember one day during a Social Studies lesson the teacher saw me writing while she was busy teaching and she approached me, obviously ready to embarrass me for she most probably thought I was writing a love letter because back then love letters were so commoplace. During those days-I wonder if that's still the case-teachers had a penchant for embarrassing students in front of others, such as by reading a love letter they had confiscated from a student in front of others. However, when the teacher confiscated my little notebook, rather than a love letter, she discovered the beginning of what might have become a novel. So all she could say was, "Oh, so you want to be selling us your novel soon?" to which I answered "Hopefully". I was also in the debating club at the time, at which I was good. For that reason I was always on the lookout for big words, of which African Writers Series novels had many. That's why I read them.
My passion for writing increased and improved further when I arrived in senior secondary school. I remember while I was doing form three my English teacher used to read my English compositions to form five students so they could learn(I am not being grandiose here, I am merely stating facts). This in turn pumped up my confidence in writing. I started doing English literature, which I enjoyed tremendously. I joined the Journalism club and I was also made one of the amateur editors of the school magazine. A few of my stories and poems were featured in the magazine. Just around that time I discovered the school had a rather underused computer lab. I talked to the teacher responsible for its welfare and he allowed me to use the computer lab at any time I wanted, a privilege I savoured because not everyone was allowed to use it except for the teacher himself and a few bookworms. I began typing away, writing a novel whose story line I can't remember at this juncture.
In March 2009 I had my first novel "Wrong Turn" published and the motivation to write more multiplied.
I am a citizen of Botswana,born on the 10th of January 1978.Education-wise,I went to Mbalambi Primary school(Mbalambi),Sekakangwe Primary school(Sekakangwe),Aerodrome Primary School(Francistown),Maenjane Junior secondary school(Sekakangwe) and Shashe River senior secondary school(Tonota). Following that I did Bachelor of Science part one at the University of Botswana.On completion of BSc part one at the University of Botswana I qualified to study Medicine at University College Dublin,Ireland,in 2000 thanks to Botswana government sponsorship and I graduated in 2005.Upon completion of my one year internship I decided to speacialise in Psychiatry.I worked in Ireland for three years after my internship before moving to Melbourne,Australia,which is where I am currently based.
I am not a fulltime writer-not yet anyway- as I have a fulltime job;writing is just a hobby!
