Rachel Zadok bụ onye odee South Africa na onye akpọrọ Whitbread First Novel Award (2005) . Ọ bụ onye dere akwụkwọ akụkọ Gem Squash Tokoloshe na Nwanna Nwanyị . A mụrụ Zadok na South Africa n'afọ 1972 nye nne South Africa na nna Israel wee tolite na Kensington, mpaghara ndị ọcha etiti na Johannesburg . O mechara mụọ Fine Art wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ese ihe na-ese ihe. Ya na di dọkịta ya kwagara London, England n'afọ 2001 ebe ọ nọ na-echere nwa oge wee rụọ ọrụ maka ọrụ ebere ụmụ mgbei. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Asambodo na akwụkwọ akụkọ na Mahadum City, London . Ọ bụ na London ka Zadok malitere ide Gem Squash Tokoloshe, akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ e debere na obodo ya South Africa. "Akwụkwọ a bụ n'ezie maka nkwenye na mmetụta ọha mmadụ na-enwe n'ahụ ụmụaka," ka o kwuru na N'ajụjụ ọnụ BBC na November 2005. N'afọ 2004, Zadok banyere n'asọmpi 'Otu esi ebipụta' na Channel 4's Richard &amp; Judy Show, ruru ise ikpeazụ n'ime mmadụ puku iri anọ na isii batara.