Mishka Hoosen

Mishka Hoosen was born in Johannesburg. She completed high school at Interlochen Arts Academy in the USA, and did an MA in Creative Writing at Rhodes University. She is currently studying anthropology, with special interests in gender, violence, trauma, and folklore. Call it a difficult night, published in 2015, is her first book. She won the ‘best story’ award in the 2017 Short.Sharp.Stories anthology for her story ‘Wedding Henna’.