ABOUT THE AUTHOR
“Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.”
E. L. Doctorow
Keshni’s stories are influenced by the two continents she calls home. Born and raised in an apartheid segregated township in South Africa, she now also considers Washington D.C. home. And after a decade here, she has finally gotten used to Orion being the right way up in the night’s sky. Her stories are influenced by her evolving definition of home and belonging, and the tides of political and social change that move us all. She is a member of The Writer’s Center DC and the Maryland Writer’s Association and the SCWBI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators)
Represented by New Leaf Literary and Media
WRITING credentials
VONA | Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation | Writing Summer Workshop with Daniel José Older - 2020
Tin House | YA Winter Workshop with Alaya Dawn Johnson - 2021
Root.Wounds.Words. | 2023 Speculative Fiction Fellow with Indrapramit Das
George Washington University | Jenny McKean Moore Creative Non-Fiction Semester with Cutter Wood - 2021
Lighthouse Writers Workshop | Writing in Color Intensive with Mathangi Subramaniam - 2021
Fiction reader for The Rumpus 2020/21/22
Novel Writing Masterclass with Mike Nicol | South Africa 2018, 2019
OTHER CREDENTIALS
Bachelor of Science
Masters in Business Leadership
publications
Yellow Arrow Journal (Re)Formation, Vol. V, No. 3 (fall 2020)
MER VOX Online Quarterly curated by Keisha-Gaye Anderson | December 2020 { Nominated for BEST OF NET 2021 }
Pen-In-Hand Literary Journal | January 2021
Editorial Roles
Guest Editor for Yellow Arrow Literary Journal Vol. VI, No. 2 issue (fall 2021)
CONFERENCES / EVENTS
Story District DC - Lost & Found: Best Immigrant Stories -2023
(Co-Host and Co-Founder) Inclusive Literature Conference | The Writer’s Center DC
Immigrant Storytelling Night | KAMA DC
Writer Feature | by Jade & Wilnona
Writers.on.Writing Feature |Yellow Arrow Publishing