| Kenneth Bonert | |
| Birth Date: | 1972[1] |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation: | novelist, short stories |
| Period: | 2000s–present |
| Nationality: | South African/Canadian |
| Notableworks: | The Lion Seeker |
Kenneth Bonert (born 1972) is a South African-Canadian writer. His debut novel The Lion Seeker won both the 2013 National Jewish Book Award for Outstanding Debut Fiction[2] [3] and the 2013 Edward Lewis Wallant Award.[4] The Lion Seeker was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Governor General's Award for English-language Fiction,[5] and the 2013 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.[6] Bonert's second novel, The Mandela Plot, was released in 2018.
Bonert has previously published short stories, including the Journey Prize nominee "Packers and Movers", as well as a novella, Peacekeepers, 1995, which appeared in McSweeney's.[7]
Bonert was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario in 1989 with his parents. He studied journalism at Ryerson University.