About the Author

EBBE DOMMISSE is the author of the best-selling Anton Rupert - A Biography and several other books. After a career of 40 years in journalism, he retired as editor-in-chief of the Cape Town daily Die Burger. He grew up in Carnarvon in the Karoo and matriculated at Boys' High School in Paarl. Dommisse has a Master's degree from the Journalism School at Columbia University in New York and a PhD from the University of Stellenbosch.