Sheila Kohler

Sheila Kohler (born 13 November 1941) is a South African–born novelist and short story writer who has lived and worked in Europe and the United States. Her fiction frequently explores violence within intimate relationships, power and privilege; she is the author of numerous novels and short story collections including Cracks (adapted for film), Dreaming for Freud, Becoming Jane Eyre and the memoir Once We Were Sisters. Kohler has received multiple O. Henry Awards and has taught creative writing at institutions including Princeton and Columbia.