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Elle Matthews was born in South Africa on August 11th, 1966. She attended school at Iona Convent in Pretoria and studied psychology at the University of Cape Town. After graduating, she lectured English at Medical University of South Africa and worked at a number of children’s homes and children’s hospitals. She moved to KwaZulu Natal in to do research work on her novel, The Eternal Wait. Soon after, she joined Garden & Home magazine as a senior sub-editor and worked as a writer for Country Life magazine. She moved to an advertising agency, where she ran the Public Relations Department and worked as a Strategic Planner/Account Director.

In 2006 Elle Matthews wrote and produced the award-winning international feature film, Oil on Water. She wrote the novel Oil on Water simultaneously, which was published in 2008. Elle Matthews has written a children’s book series, Animal Adventures in Africa, and the first in the series – An Elephant’s Tail – was launched in 2008. The next book in the series, Serengeti Safari, was published in 2009. She is currently working on her next novel, as well as a non-fiction book.

Elle Matthews was born in South Africa on August 11th, 1966. She attended school at Iona Convent in Pretoria and studied psychology at the University of Cape Town. After graduating, she lectured English at Medical University of South Africa and worked at a number of children’s homes and children’s hospitals. She moved to KwaZulu Natal in to do research work on her novel, The Eternal Wait. Soo... More