Rahla Xenopoulos is a writer and mother of triplets. She is the author of A Memoir of Love and Madness, and the novels Bubbles, Tribe, and The Season of Glass.
She has published short stories in the anthologies Women Flashing, Twist, Just Keep Breathing, and The Lockdown Collection. She has written for Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Oprah magazine. Her latest book, The Season of Glass, was longlisted for South Africa’s Sunday Times Literary Prize.
Rahla was one of thirty-four South African women profiled in The Power Within Companion. She gives talks on mental health and empowerment, and hosts workshops that focus on mental health and personal inspiration.
She teaches writing workshops to underprivileged children and has been on the boards of SA-Yes. and Short Story Day Africa. Rahla has taught writing in South Africa, as well as in Greece, the UK and New York.
She is a teacher at Westport Writer’s Workshop and is an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, where she is presently teaching the creative non-fiction master’s program. She has worked with both experienced writers and novices from all over the world, and many of her students have been published.