Ted Botha writer author The Girl with the Crooked Nose

Ted Botha is a writer, coffee drinker, traveler, and fan of South Africa, in no particular order. He has written for numerous magazines and papers in the United States, England, and South Africa. He also writes humor and is the co-creator of the innovative travel site, A World Different. He has written several books, including Mongo, Adventures in Trash, Apartheid in my Rucksack, and The Expat Confessions. His book The Girl with the Crooked Nose is a nonfiction thriller about a forensic sculptor in Philadelphia and the baffling serial murder in Mexico that he helped investigate. Watch an interview here.

Latest! Read Ted's novel, The Animal Lover. It's sad, funny, mysterious, romantic and adventurous. Find out more about the book and start reading the first chapters here...

Also watch the fascinating trailer to Ted and Marco Mona's documentary-in-the-making about Ted's book Mongo, Adventures in Trash.

Praise for The Girl with the Crooked Nose

“Ted Botha has offered us a compelling glimpse into a gruesome profession that all of us wish didn’t have to exist. He has done justice to a calling that itself brings justice into the darkest corners of the world.”
- Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman

“Botha has written an extraordinary and timely book. Partly the portrait of an impassioned man, partly a true-crime story, partly the heartbreaking tale of the murdered women of Juárez – this is also the story of how, at heart, life’s most important work has nothing to do with making money but every thing to do with making a difference.”
- Alexandra Fuller, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

“Extraordinary … The tales in this book accurately capture the dark movies and complexities of senseless murder, and even the most savvy crime reader will not be able to resist the author’s insightful storytelling.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Fans of crime-solving procedurals will love it.”
- Kirkus Reviews