Louise Prinsloo matriculated in 1964 at Helpmekaar Hoër Meisiekool, Johannesburg. She received a Teacher’s Diploma at the Pretoria College of Education in 1967 and in 1974 a licentiate in Drama at the Drama Academy of the late Aletta Gericke.
She has read books for children and women on Afrikaans Radio programmes and played several roles in Afrikaans Radio youth dramas.
Her written work includes a children’s series for Radio Pulpit, a drama for adults for Radio Pulpit, TV scripts for children’s programmes (SABC 1 and SABC 3), and radio drama for the SABC.
Louise works as an administrative secretary at Lynnwood Primary School in Pretoria and she founded the Lynnwood Primary School Young Writer’s Association in 1994.
She is married to Daan Prinsloo and has three daughters.
