Bianca Marais

Bianca Marais is the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh. She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studieswhere she was awarded anExcellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021.She runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiativeto empower young Black women in Africa to write and publish their own stories,and is constantly fundraising toassist grandmothers in Soweto with caring for childrenwho have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.She is the co-host of the popular podcast, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing