Meet the author: The Library Of The Dead writer TL Huchu
Author TL Huchu
Edinburgh podiatrist Tendai Huchu landed on his feet when he decided to become an author.
The Zimbabwe-born writer’s debut, The Hairdresser Of Harare, launched in 2010 and was followed by The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician.
Now going under the pen name TL Huchu, the winner of the Nommo Award for African science fiction and fantasy is keeping readers on their toes with the first novel in the Edinburgh Nights series.
The Library Of The Dead – set in a dystopian Scottish capital and pitched as a cross between Stranger Things and Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers Of London – is a tale for young adults and beyond. It features Ropa, a school dropout who earns a crust by talking to the city’s dead and carrying their messages to the living.