Rahla Xenopoulos is an author and mother of triplets. 

She is the author of “A Memoir of Love and Madness.’ (Random House) and the novels ‘Bubbles,’ (Penguin.) ‘Tribe’ (Penguin) and ‘The Season of Glass.’ (Penguin)

 She has published short stories in the anthologies, ‘Women Flashing’, ‘Twist’, ‘Just Keep Breathing’, and, ‘The Lockdown collection.’ She has written for The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Oprah Magazine. Her latest book, The Season of Glass was a finalist for the Sunday Times Literary award.

 Rahla was one of thirty-four South African women profiled in The Power Within Companion. She gives talks on mental health and empowerment as well as hosting workshops that focus on health and personal inspiration.

She teaches writing workshops to underprivileged children and is on the boards of SA-Yes. And Short Story Day Africa. 

Rahla teaches writing in South Africa, as well as in Greece, the UK and New York. In 2023 and 2024 Rahla, Ruby Wax and, the Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten hosted a retreat on Mindfulness meditation called, ‘Keeping it real in a frantic world’ at Avalon Sanctuary in Broughton Hall. 

She is an adjunct professor at Manhattanville college where she is presently teaching the creative Non-fiction masters program. She has worked with both experienced writers and novices from all over the world and, many of her students have been published. 

Rahla lives in New York with her husband, eighteen year old triplets and ludicrous dog.

In an ideal world Rahla would have a broad mind and a narrow waist but failing the narrow waist she’ll just settle for the broad mind.