The Lazarus Effect
A Vee Johnson Mystery
• The Lazarus Effect is Hawa’s first novel and was originally published by Kwela Books in South Africa.
• It was long-listed for the Wole Soyinka Prize for African writers and shortlisted for both the Sunday Times Literary Prize for Fiction and the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize for Creative Writing.
• A second Vee Johnson novel ('The Score') is due for publication in the US & Canada in 2018. Hawa is currently working on the third book in the Vee Johnson series.
• Hawa is one of the very few black African women writing crime and has been a guest at literary festivals in the UK, Nigeria and South Africa.
H.J. Golakai is from Liberia and lives in Monrovia. She trained and worked as a medical researcher in immunology. She writes from her experiences as a refugee, scientist and contemporary African nomad, a life that has helped foster an intense passion for crime and thriller fiction. Hawa was listed by the Hay Festival in the Africa39 list of the most promising sub-Saharan African writers under the age of 40. Her second book, 'The Score' will be released in the USA & Canada in 2018.
