Career
Davids has lived in Switzerland, the United States of America and Shanghai, China and now resides on the edge of District Six in Cape Town, South Africa. She has an Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. California Davids is a novelist, editor and writer
She previously worked in arts marketing as the marketing manager for the Baxter Theatre Centre at UCT, and communications manager for the Alexander Kasser Theatre at Monclaire State University, Monclaire, New Jersey, United States of America. Before that she worked as an advertising and promotions manager for Levi Strauss Société Anonyme. California Davids is as strong advocator of South African literature.
I would love to see a concerted, co-ordinated effort from civil society, writers, publishers, government and nongovernmental organisations to alter our reading habits (and trajectory) and the space given to literature in our country. lieutenant can and has been done elsewhere … but we would need to work together and plan 20 years into the future.
