Niq Mhlongo was born in 1973 in Soweto. He has a BA from Wits University, with majors in African Literature and Political Studies. His novels, Dog Eat Dog (2004), After Tears (2007...view moreNiq Mhlongo was born in 1973 in Soweto. He has a BA from Wits University, with majors in African Literature and Political Studies. His novels, Dog Eat Dog (2004), After Tears (2007) and Way Back Home (2013), were followed by a short story collection, Affluenza (2016). Dog Eat Dog was translated into Spanish and awarded the Mar de Letras prize.view less