Sharon Maas

Sharon Maas

Sharon Maas was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1951. She came from a prominently political family. Her mother was one of Guyana's earliest feminists, human rights activists and consumer advocates; her father was Press Secretary to the Marxist opposition leader and later President of Guyana, Dr Cheddi Jagan.

She was educated in Guyana and England. After leaving school she worked as a trainee reporter with the Guyana Graphic in Georgetown, Guyana. She later wrote feature articles for the Sunday Chronicle as a staff journalist.

Sharon spent 1971 and 1972 traveling around Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Her travel articles were published in the Chronicle. In 1973 she travelled overland to India via England, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. After two years in India she moved to Germany.

Sharon now divides her time between England and Germany with her husband and two children. She has written three novels - Of Marriageable Age, Peacocks Dancing and The Speech of Angels. Her work has been translated into German, Spanish, French and Danish.

Publications

* "Stories of Strength" ("2005") - Short Fiction
* "The Speech of Angels" ("2004") - Novel
* "Peacocks Dancing" ("2002") - Novel
* "Of Marriageable Age" ("2000") - Novel

External links

* [http://www.sharonmaas.co.uk/ Official web site]
* [http://www.themisathena.info/literature/maas.html Reviews of Maas's novels]


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