Jaco Jacobs

Jaco Jacobs (born 1980) is a South African children's author who writes in Afrikaans. Jacobs was born in the South African town of Carnarvon, Northern Cape. He started writing at a young age and sold his first short stories to magazines while still in high school. To date, he has published more than 260 books for children, ranging from picture books to books for young adults, some of them under the pseudonyms Lize Roux and Tania Brink.