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ⓘ About Petina Gappah
Petina Gappah was born in the year 1971 in Zambia, in Copperbelt Province, and grew up in Zimbabwe. She was one of the first black students in the primary school that was once reserved for white kids. At the age of about ten or eleven she began writing stories, with her first published story being in the St. Dominic’s Secondary School magazine at the age of fourteen. Since she was about eleven, there has not been too much time she has not been writing stories. Much of her early work in writing fiction was only mimicry. Petina would write stories about horses and dogs and ballet, without ever having danced, owning a dog, or been on a horse. She would write nonsense poetry, imitating poets like Hilaire Belloc and Ogden Nash.
All Book Series by Petina Gappah
Out of Darkness, Shining Light
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2019
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Series opener · book 1 of 28 · published 1955 Anthology · Flannery O'Connor
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine
Book 7 of 28 · published 1998 Anthology · Thom Jones
The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
Book 9 of 28 · published 2011 Anthology · Alan Bennett
The Cheater's Guide to Love
Book 10 of 28 · published 2012 Anthology · Junot Díaz
Come Rain or Come Shine
Book 14 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Kazuo Ishiguro
Dante and the Lobster
Book 16 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Samuel Beckett
The Lydia Steptoe Stories
Book 19 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Djuna Barnes
Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom
Book 20 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Sylvia Plath
The Forester's Daughter
Book 23 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Claire Keegan
Three Types of Solitude
Book 24 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Brian W. Aldiss
Intruders
Latest in the series · book 28 of 28 · published 2019 Anthology · Adrian Tomine
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Petina Gappah?
Petina Gappah was born in the year 1971 in Zambia, in Copperbelt Province, and grew up in Zimbabwe. She was one of the first black students in the primary school that was once reserved for white kids. At the age of about ten or eleven she began writing stories, with her first published story being in the St.
Which Petina Gappah series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Faber Stories series, the earliest of Petina Gappah's multi-book series: it opens with A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1955) and runs to 28 books across 1955–2019, ending with Intruders (2019).
How many books has Petina Gappah written?
Petina Gappah has 34 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1955 and 2019. 28 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Faber Stories series with 28 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Petina Gappah's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Petina Gappah's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Faber Stories (1955–2019, 28 books).
How are Petina Gappah's books organised into series?
This guide splits Petina Gappah's 34 books into 1 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Faber Stories (28 books, 1955–2019).