birth_place influences nationality notableworks birth_date article_title occupation
zimbabwe joseph conrad south african '' '' '' the west rand jive cats boxing club '' the '' cry baby '' voluptuous delights of peanut butter and jam 3 august 1972 lauren liebenberg
 writer
lauren liebenberg

lauren liebenberg -lrb- born 3 august 1972 -rrb- is a zimbabwe-born south african writer .
her debut novel `` the voluptuous delights of peanut butter and jam '' was nominated for the orange prize for fiction in 2008 .
her subsequent novels , `` the west rand jive cats boxing club '' and `` cry baby '' , have also received international critical acclaim .
