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Tendai Huchu

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Contact: mrhuchu@gmail.com
Local authority: Edinburgh City
Languages: English
Author type: Writer
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I am the author of two novels, The Hairdresser of Harare and The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician. Currently I am working on a new YA fantasy novel Ghostalker: The Library of the Dead.

I have done events, workshops and talks on various themes with secondary schools and universities in the UK, Germany, Tanzania, and Nigeria.

Websites featuring the author

Local authorities can visit

Aberdeen City; Dundee; East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Midlothian; West Lothian

Events can deliver

Mentoring; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Topics of work

Characters of colour & BAME characters; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Crime fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Fairy tales, folklore & mythology; Fantasy; Friendship; Health including mental health & wellbeing; Historical fiction; LGBTQIA+ characters; Loneliness & isolation; Love & romance; Music; Mystery & thriller; Politics; Poverty; Science fiction; Urban communities; Violence & abuse; Wars & conflicts

Age groups published for

Teens; Adults

Age groups can work with

15-18; Adults

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+