Craig Higginson is an internationally acclaimed writer who lives in Johannesburg. His plays have been performed and produced at the National Theatre (London), the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Trafalgar Studios (on London's West End), Next Theatre (Chicago), the Market Theatre (Johannesburg) and several other theatres and festivals around the world. Craig's novels include Last Summer (M-Net Literary Award finalist), The Landscape Painter (winner of the UJ Main Prize for South African Literature in English), The Dream House (winner of the UJ Main Prize, shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Award) and his new novel, The White Room. Craig's novels and plays have won several awards in the UK and South Africa, including the Sony Gold Award in the UK and an Edinburgh Fringe First.