In July 2007, the acclaimed writer Bessie Head would have turned seventy years old. Her friends, colleagues and literary critics will honor her with a series of conferences, new books and theses, re-namings, tree-plantings, writing prizes, composing music inspired by one of her novels, "Maru," and the founding of a permanent Bessie Head Heritage Trust to guarantee the future of her house and literary papers. Wits University Press takes this opportunity to repackage and republish this excellent biography. It will appear with new--never before published--photographs of Bessie Head's life.