In 1972, when she was 40 years old, Sheila Fugard published her first novel, The Castaways, which won the Olive Schreiner Prize. Subsequently, she published other novels, including Rite of Passage, in 1976, and A Revolutionary Woman, in 1983.
In 1972, when she was 40 years old, Sheila Fugard published her debut novel, "The Castaways," which earned the Olive Schreiner Prize. She followed this with other novels, including "Rite of Passage" in 1976 and "A Revolutionary Woman" in 1983.