Chase Rhys (They/Them)

Chase Rhys is a novelist, columnist, playwright and screenwriter from Ocean View in Cape Town. Their second book, Misfit – stories vannie anne kant is a compilation of new and reworked stories from their biweekly column in Rapport newspaper and Netwerk24. Set in Ocean View and the Far South the columns are written from Chase’s perspective as an autistic, queer, non-binary misfit. Their debut novel, Kinnes, won the 2019 K. Sello Duiker Award at the South African Literary Awards {SALA’s) as well as the kykNET-Rapport Prize and is the first full length fictional work written entirely in Kaaps to be published by a mainstream publisher. Kinnes is based on Chase’s Adam and Rosalie Small award winning play of the same name.

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Chase Rhys is ‘n romanskrywer, rubriekskrywer, dramaturg en draaiboekskrywer van Ocean View in Kaapstad. Hul tweede boek, Misfit – stories vannie anne kant is ’n samestelling van nuwe en herwerkte stories uit hul rubriek in Rapport koerant en Netwerk24 en is geskryf vanuit Chase se perspektief as ‘n outistiese, queer, nie-binêre misfit. Hul debuutroman, Kinnes, het die 2019 K. Sello Duiker-toekenning by die South African Literary Awards {SALA’s) sowel as die kykNET-Rapport-prys gewen. Kinnes is die eerste vollengte fiktiewe werk wat geheel en al in Kaaps geskryf is wat deur ‘n hoofstroomuitgewer gepubliseer was . Kinnes is gegrond op Chase se Adam en Rosalie Small-bekroonde toneelstuk met dieselfde naam.