Author · Screenwriter · Storyteller
Crafting stories that cross time, culture, and imagination — from novels that illuminate the human condition to screenplays that demand the silver screen.
★ Latest Release · Adult Fiction
"Fame gave her everything — except the truth."
Raised in the dazzling shadow of her world-famous mother, she grew up amid wealth, beauty, and flashing cameras. A hidden diary, a long-buried past, forbidden love — all erased to protect a perfect public image. Then came the truth she was never meant to find.
1863. Five friends. One harrowing voyage across 4,000 nautical miles that changed everything.
Order NowThree magical books where young readers read, color, and bring worlds to life.
Order NowAn enchanting dot-to-dot activity book that ignites children's imagination.
Order Now"Every story I write begins with a single question — what happens when the truth refuses to stay buried?"
— Sanet Smit
Sanet Smit is a dedicated author and screenwriter with a strong background in storytelling, built over many years as a writer. She studied in South Africa and New Zealand, developing a unique voice shaped by two distinctive cultures and landscapes.
With a passion for creating emotionally resonant stories and compelling characters, she brings depth, structure, and originality to every book and film script. Her experience spans various forms of writing — from intimate children's books that spark imagination, to sweeping adult fiction that explores identity, love, and the secrets families keep.
Sanet's work as a screenwriter runs parallel to her literary career. She has developed multiple feature films and drama series for both the South African and international market, with projects set across Australia, Italy, and South Africa.
Her commitment to cinematic craft and literary excellence is evident in every page she writes — stories that don't just entertain, but endure.
Every character carries real human weight. The joy, pain, and contradictions that make us who we are.
Stories built on solid architecture — every chapter, every scene serving the whole narrative.
Shaped by life in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia — stories that speak across borders.
From sweeping adult fiction to enchanting children's stories — every book a world waiting to be discovered.
Fame gave her everything — except the truth. A hidden diary, forbidden love, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Order on AmazonFive friends, a storm, a shipwreck, and a pirate attack that sold them into slavery. A story of resilience and survival.
Order on AmazonWhiskers, Max, Willow, Marina and Sparkle — five magical animals in adventures children can color and create.
Order on AmazonTimmy's Kindness Tree, Melanie's Helping Hands, Danny the Toy Fixer — young superheroes in their own right.
Order on AmazonMia, Sara, Carly and friends — six imagination-fueled adventures in the most magical lands children can dream.
Order on AmazonAn enchanting dot-to-dot book that sparks creativity — children join the dots and color the magical images that emerge.
Order on AmazonA pet bird escapes, encounters bully birds, finds a kind friend, and learns that being different is perfectly wonderful.
Order on AmazonFrom crime thrillers to Cape Town comedies — Sanet Smit's screenwriting career spans continents and genres with unflinching authenticity.
"One job. One hit. That's all it took."
A broke mechanic is dragged into the dark underworld of meth — clawing for survival as his life burns around him, fighting to escape before it costs him everything he loves. A fundamentally human story that is both compelling and profoundly meaningful.
"The show must go on."
Celebrity, wealth, and beauty — what is it like in the glare of the spotlight but in your mother's famous shadow? Finding true love that crosses time and culture. The discovery of a mother's secret diary. Also a published novel by Sanet Smit.
"Love and chaos are always intertwined."
In a tight-knit Cape Town village, Ma'am Bessie relies on her driver Kaaitjie for support during weekly appointments. Their routine is disrupted when the charming Doctor Hamilton joins the medical practice — setting off romantic entanglements and village gossip that only Cupid could have orchestrated.
"A marriage of convenience could be everyone's undoing."
A volatile alliance between two ruthless and powerful families — veiling their sins behind public respectability. A connected forensic accountant, award-winning criminal defense attorneys, and a young boy gifted with supernatural powers may unravel the murders and the trail of dirty money that binds them all.
You Were Mine · Book Trailer
Color My Story · Trailer
Pirates of the Atlantic · Trailer
Dot to Dot · Trailer
Interested in acquiring rights or co-producing one of Sanet's scripts? Get in touch through the contact page.
Enquire NowWhat readers, critics and media are saying about Sanet Smit's work.
A masterful blend of celebrity drama and deeply personal truth. Sanet Smit has crafted something rare — a story that glitters on the surface and aches underneath.
Reader Review · You Were Mine
Color My Story does exactly what the best children's books do — it leaves the finishing to the child's imagination. Inspired and inspiring in equal measure.
Parent Review · Color My Story Series
Pirates of the Atlantic is a rip-roaring adventure with unexpected heart. The courage of its characters lingers long after the final page.
Reader Review · Pirates of the Atlantic
The Lost Bird teaches kindness, difference, and belonging with a lightness of touch that only the best children's authors can achieve.
Educator Review · The Lost Bird
Smit's screenwriting ambitions are clearly cinematic in scale. WOLF in particular reads with the urgency and moral complexity of the best prestige drama.
Industry Feedback · WOLF Script
Dot to Dot is pure enchantment for young hands and minds. Every page is an invitation to create something uniquely theirs.
Parent Review · Dot to Dot
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Dot to Dot
You Were Mine
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