Vivienne Ndlovu an Irish Zimbabwean writer. Speaking of herself she said, ‘the Zimbabwean aspect seemed accidental for a long time, yet most of my writing has been about my adopted country. And when I look back I see patterns that only become visible from a distance. Growing up in the confusing atmosphere of Northern Ireland’s troubles was strangely instructive for the life to come: the early days in Zimbabwe tainted by the silences around Gukurahundi. Then married years blighted by the many tragedies of HIV, and now the contrasts between Zimbabwe then and the country now. Writing provides a means to order and manage one’s responses.’ Vivienne was published in Writing Still (2003), Writing Now (2005) and Women Writing Zimbabwe (2008).