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Errol Lincoln Uys (pronounced 'Ace') was ten when he wrote Revenge, a novella penned on the back of worthless stock certificates tossed out by his mother. After high school, he worked as a law clerk before becoming a reporter on the Johannesburg Star. His next job was as editor of the Cape Town edition of Post newspaper, then South Africa's biggest weekly serving the African and mixed-race population.

Moving to London, he was chief reporter for the South East London Mercury, before joining Reader's Digest in England. The magazine sent him back to Africa, where he founded the first South African editorial office, becoming editor-in-chief in 1972.

Five years later, he immigrated to the United States with his family, joining the Digest's world headquarters as a senior international editor. In 1977, the Digest assigned him to work with James A. Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, a controversial collaboration covered in Working with James Michener.

Uys is the author of the best-selling historical novel, Brazil. Uys has also written the non-fiction book, Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression.

Now an American citizen, Uys lives in Dorchester, Boston.


Errol Lincoln Uys - Biography - Press Clippings

Tragedy as Race Act threatens to rip apart their true love - Post, South Africa
Tragedy as Race Act threatens to rip apart their true love - Post, South Africa.
Human Beasts of Cape Town - Post, South Africa
Human Beasts of Cape Town - Post, South Africa
A sad page in the history of the Coloured people - Post, South Africa
A sad page in the history of the Coloured people - Post, South Africa
Athlone - The world's largest refugee camp - Post, South Africa
Athlone - The world's largest refugee camp - Post, South Africa
Clive Haupt, donor of heart in first transplant by Chris Barnard - Post, South Africa
Clive Haupt, donor of heart in first transplant by Chris Barnard - Post, South Africa
Is climate changing? - Star. Johannesbburg, 1966
Is climate chamging? - Star, Johannesburg. 1966
Desert is marching on -  Star. Johannesburg, 1966
Desert is marching on - Star. Johannesburg, 1966
Doornfontein - Shadow of its past glory - Star, Johannesburg
Doornfontein - Shadow of its past glory - Star, Johannesburg
Vrededorp and its problems - Star, Johannesburg
Vrededorp and its problems - Star, Johannesburg
Surgery changed Abraham Fischer's face - Star, Johannesburg
Surgery changed Abraham Fischer's face - Star, Johannesburg
1,200 Executions in South Africa in 20 years - Star, Johannesburg
1,200 Executions in South Africa in 20 years - Star, Johannesburg
Where race hate leads - Review - Star, Johannesburg
Where race hate leads - Review - Star, Johannesburg
Townsman in the dongas - National Veldtrust, South Africa
Townsman in the dongas - National Veldtrust, South Africa
General Electric factory closing, Woolwich, London 1966 - South East London Mercury
General Electric factory closing, Woolwich, London 1966 - South East London Mercury
First heart transplant remembered  - Dr.Philip Blaiberg - South East London Mercury
First heart transplant remembered - Dr.Philip Blaiberg - South East London Mercury
People of Johannesburg - Personality Magazine, South Africa
People of Johannesburg - Personality Magazine, South Africa