Picture Book Writer, Poet

Refiloe is the best-selling and award-winning author of HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY HELLO? and HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY GOODBYE? (Penguin Random House South Africa); YES YANGA! (YHEKE YANGA! in isiXhosa), WE ARE ONE, KNOW MY NAME, YOU ARE LOVED and PART OF A TEAM (Pan Macmillan South Africa). Her awards include a South African Literary Award and a South African Book Award. WE ARE ONE is included in the 2022 IBBY Honour List and was awarded the 2022 IBBY SA Picture Book Award. SIMUNYE, the isiZulu translation of WE ARE ONE, was awarded a Gold Pendoring in Publication Design in 2021. Refiloe is passionate about writing stories that bring out the best in the human spirit – stories where children can identify and celebrate themselves.