Finuala Dowling (amuru June 1962) bu onye odee na onye odee South Africa. Nke asaa n'ime ụmụaka asatọ amụrụ ndị mgbasa ozi redio Eve van der Byl na Paddy Dowling, Finuala Dowling nwetara MA na Bekee site na Mahadum Cape Town (UCT), na D.Litt. sitere na Mahadum South Africa (UNISA), ebe ọ kụziri na bekee afọ asatọ. E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ uri mbụ ya, I Flying n'afọ 2002 wee nweta ihe nrite Ingrid Jonker . Ọ nwetakwara ihe nrite Sanlam maka uri na ihe nrite Olive Schreiner . Ọ meriri M-Net Literary Award (ụdị bekee) nke 2012 maka ime ụlọ maka ala-na-obi . Ya na Tessa na Cara Dowling o guzobela ụlọ ọrụ ntụrụndụ, Dowling Sisters Productions. Dowling na nwa ya nwanyị bi na Muizenberg, Cape Town. M na-efe efe, Carapace (2002) Doo-Wop Girls of the Universe, Penguin (2006) Ihe ndetu sitere na ngalaba Dementia Ward, Akwụkwọ Kwela/Snailpress (2008) Mee ka ị maghị m: abụ ọhụrụ na ahọpụtara, Akwụkwọ Bloodaxe (2018) Ihe ndị na-ede uri chọrọ, Penguin (2005) Flyleaf, Penguin (2007) Ime ụlọ maka Obi-ala, Akwụkwọ Kwela (2011) The Fetch, Kwela Akwụkwọ (2015) Ọ dị mma, dịkwa mma, dịkwa mma, Akwụkwọ Kwela (2019) Eserese nke ndị ode akwụkwọ Africa, ed.