Dalene Matthee

Dalene Matthee
Born
Dalene Scott

(1938-10-13)13 October 1938
Died20 February 2005(2005-02-20) (aged 66)
NationalitySouth African
OccupationAuthor
Children3
RelativesSir Walter Scott

Dalene Matthee (13 October 1938 – 20 February 2005) was a South African author best known for her four "Forest Novels", written in and around the Knysna Forest. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic, and over a million copies have been sold worldwide.