Andrew Brown is a South African novelist influenced by William Boyd and Ian McEwan , police reservist in the South African Police Service ( SAPS ) , and an advocate . He is the author of four novels : '' Inyenzi '' , which centres on the Rwandan genocide , and the crime novels of '' Coldsleep Lullaby '' , '' Refuge '' and '' Solace '' . Brown is also the author of one non-fiction work , '' Street Blues '' , in which he writes about his experiences as a police reservist . Brown was the recipient of the 2006 '' Sunday Times Fiction Prize '' for '' Coldsleep Lullaby '' , and his work has been shortlisted for both the '' Alan Paton Award '' and the '' Commonwealth Writers ’ Prize '' ( Africa Region )
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Andrew Brown (author)