Haroldene Tshienda from Gelvandale, Gqeberha in South Africa and lives in Cape Town for 26 years. She is a multi-award-winning author and poet. She is the executive director and publisher at Shofar Books and founding director of Poets Vannie Kaap. Haroldene is also the founder of the Cape Flats and the Eastern Cape Literary Awards. She is an author of 10 books and the Midwife of thousands of books.
Haroldene performed her poetry on stages such as Provincial Parliament, One Billion Rising, Artscape Theatre, Alexander Theatre, the National Arts Festival Grahamstown and many more prestigious platforms. Above all, she is a proud mother of 4 children and recently became a grandma.