There is no place like home under the African sun
Stephanie du Toit
A NEW VOICE IN FICTION
Stephanie du Toit, a born and bred Capetonian. She grew up in the picturesque fisherman’s village of Hout Bay, nestled between mountains and dense forests, a few kilometres away from Cape Town.
Early literary inspiration for Du Toit came from authors such as Roy Campbell (“Horses of the Camargue”) and D.H. Lawrence (Lady Chatterley’s Lover and The Mountain Lion). She is fascinated by a wide range of subjects: History, Spirituality, Religion, the Supernatural, the Paranormal, the Mars Rover, Archaeology, Aliens, and Rituals, with an avid love for research.
Her storytelling inspiration came from her daughter (six at the time), who insisted on personally crafted bedtime stories.
This led Du Toit to create mystical tales about a little girl named Jennifer. A dream was born.
Du Toit’s early career began as an organiser of music concerts and school tours at the Cape Performing Arts Council, now ArtsCape in Cape Town. Here, she was exposed to the dynamics of opera, ballet, theatre, and music—an experience she looks back on with great fondness.
While she carved out a corporate career, her dreams were put on hold. Armed with a certificate in accounting and a diploma in graphic design, she spent nearly three decades as the right-hand woman to the owner of a successful multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm.
She drew inspiration from a colleague, Ian Sutherland, who has published two successful novels. This was when she decided to gear her focus on her dream of being a writer. COLD FIRE: Alchemy of a Broken Curse, was sparked by a vision that echoed in Du Toit’s mind, a nagging premonition that begged her to fulfil her dream of writing.
It took her four years to publish COLD FIRE, a journey she described as insightful, moving, and an excellent learning curve.
“Beware of him who bears the mark of the serpent.”
An introvert, Du Toit loves spending time at home with her husband, Willem, and children Anya, Carel, and Tiaan, along with their headstrong, red, long-haired dachshund, Faffie. When not writing or reading, you’ll find her with another kind of pen in her hand, a crochet hook or knitting needle, busy being creative.
Currently, Du Toit is working on a werewolf romance, Redemption to Freedom, in collaboration with fellow writer Annette du Toit (not related).
The novel is available on Amazon and paperback from the authors direct.
The novel explores the identity of a lone Lycan who navigates the human world until she accidentally meets Daniel Sherwood, an Alpha Lycan – sparks fly!
“Writing runs through my veins like a toxic drug”
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