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Author of fiction for children, juveniles and adults.
Marita van der Vyver was born on 6 May in Cape Town.
She attended primary school in Bellville, and high school in Pretoria and Nelspruit.
In , in a national Afrikaans poetry competition for matric pupils, she won a study bursary for four years at the university of her choice. She chose Stellenbosch, where she participated in D.J. Opperman's poetry workshops and was awarded a BA degree, majoring in Afrikaans and French, in The following year she acquired an honours degree (cum laude) in journalism, and in , a masters degree in journalism, also at Stellenbosch.
In she spent a year travelling in Europe, working as an au pair in France and doing various menial jobs in London, such as waitressing i