Karl Kielblock

Karl Kielblock is a South African writer, born on 23 October 1907 in the Karoo town of Beaufort-Wes. Hy completed his schooling in Paart at Boys' High, then completing his tertiary education at the Paarl teachers college. In 1928 he was appointed a teacher at the Laerskool Hendrik Louw in Strand (a town in the Western Cape), where he taught until 1967. His hobbies were reading, swimming, walking, and playing tennis and golf. In 1939 he got married to Vera Abel, with a son and daughter from the marriage. He died in 1991.

In 1936 his first book, "Die Skat van Java", was published. After that, Kielblock wrote various novels, suspense, and youth literature. In 1970 he received the Scheepers Prize for his book "Rebel". Kielblock's suspense books consist of a series with the investigator Frans Lindenhof [1]. His youth books also include a series with the character Lafras Cuyper [2].