Interviews

Another HIT after debut success

Rapport chats to Riana Mouton

Deon Meyer has competiton. Tough competition. Her name is Riana Mouton, and from her debut with The Smell of Death, she has had critics in the palm of her hand. It came as no surprise when she reached the shortlist for the ATKV Woordveertjies awards for thrillers with The Smell of Death.
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Ilse Salzwedel chats to Riana Mouton

Riana Mouton is currently in Whangaparaoa, New Zealand ‘for a season’ with her husband and sons.
“Anton and I moved here to give our children more opportunities. We have two beautiful boys and they both excel at sport, particularly rugby and cricket. Naude, the elder, is 15, and both compete at provincial level. Arno is 11.”
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Marion Erskine chats to Riana Mouton

Why did you start writing? What was your inspiration?

Without a doubt Prof. Tom Gouws. We were in a restaurant one day and he asked me, out of the blue, why I didn’t try my hand at wielding a pen.
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Chanette Paul puts Riana Mouton in the spotlight

Crime Beat 3 August 2009

How does the geographic distance contribute to writing about South African issues?

I sometimes feel unbelievable isolated in New Zealand. I long intensely for my country, my people, the essesnce of Africa. It is terribly frustrating to write in another country about something that’s happening in South Africa. In my most recent manuscript I battled with the prices with food prices. It probably sounds strange, but I’m completely out of touch with food process, property prices, the changes of town and place names.
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