François Bloemhof was born in 1962 in Paarl. He made his debut on the South African literary scene in 1991 by winning the De Kat prize for his novel Die nag het net een oog. His next three books were all thrillers of some sort, before he published largely unclassifiable works like Storieboek, Hostis and Klipgooi.

Because younger readers liked his books, he began to also write specifically for them, with such success that he became sidetracked for a while. He soon had a host of ATKV-Veertjies (a competition in which young readers select the winning books themselves) as well as prizes for the teenage market, including for Slinger-slinger and Nie vir kinders nie (in the Tafelberg/Sanlam Youth Literature Competition) and Stad aan die einde van die wêreld (in the Maskew Miller Longman Literary Competition).

After a five-year layoff from the adult fiction market, Bloemhof returned to the genre in which he started with Spinnerak, featuring Alma van der Pool, the first ever female detective in Afrikaans fiction. She returned in Jagseisoen (2007).

For adults

• Die nag het net een oog (1991) ISBN 0-624-02996-4
• Die duiwel se tuin (1993) ISBN 0-624-02531-4
• Koue soen (1994) ISBN 0-624-03281-7
• Bloedbroer (1995) ISBN 0-624-03388-0
• Storieboek (1996) ISBN 0-7981-3625-1
• Mooidraai Basuin (1997) ISBN 0-7981-3672-3
• Nagbesoeker (1997) ISBN 0-7981-3724-X
• Hostis (1998) ISBN 1-874901-91-0
• Klipgooi (1999) ISBN 0-7981-3963-3
• n Tweede asem vir Jan A (2001) ISBN 0-7981-4202-2
• Spinnerak (2006) ISBN 0-7993-3637-8
• Jagseisoen (2007) ISBN 978-7993-4013-6
• Rooi Luiperd (2008) ISBN 978-0-7981-4992-1
• Harde woorde (2009) ISBN 978-0-7993-4433-2
• Afspraak in Venesië (2009) ISBN 0-7981-5106-1

For teenagers

• Slinger-slinger (1997) ISBN 9-780624-035404
• Die wit huis (1998) ISBN 0-628-03726-0
• Die dae toe ek Elvis was (2002) ISBN 9-780624-03858-0
• Die dae toe ek Elvis was (2005) ISBN 9-780624-04301-0
• Nie vir kinders nie (2005) ISBN 0-624-04306-1
• Stad aan die einde van die wêreld (2007) ISBN 978-0-636-08169-7
• City at the end of the world (2009) ISBN 978-0-636-09174-0
• Moenie dat die grootmense hoor nie (2009) ISBN 0-624-04733-9

For young readers (aged 9 to 12)

• Middernagland (1996) ISBN 0-7981-3537-9
• Die vrou met die pers oog (1996) ISBN 0-7981-3589-1
• Donkerwoud (1996) ISBN 0-7981-3293-0
• Die waterding (1997) ISBN 0-7981-3681-2
• Kamer 13 (1998) ISBN 0-7981-3784-3
• Die speletjie (1999) ISBN 0-7981-3807-6
• Kry vir jou, ou Langklou (2000) ISBN 0-7981-4060-7
• Hospitaaltyd (2002) ISBN 0-7981-4281-2
• Agent Snoet en die botterdiamant (2002) ISBN 0-7993-3035-3
• Vampiere in Londen (2004) ISBN 0-7981-4451-3
• Agent Snoet en die kattekwaad (2005) ISBN 0-7993-3508-8
• Rillers-omnibus (2006) ISBN 978-0-7981-4617-3
• Agent Snoet en die hondelewe (2008) ISBN 0-7993-4153-9
• Flipom (2009) ISBN 0-993-3884-3

For young readers (aged 7 to 9)

• Die dom towenaar (1994) ISBN 0-7021-3301-9
• Sakkie en die Toffiewolf (1994) ISBN 0-7021-3300-0
• Dinnie Kaboef (1997) ISBN 0-7021-4049-X
• K-TV Holiday Fun (1997) ISBN 0-7981-3562-X

For children (aged 6 to 7)

• n Dag om te vier! / A day to celebrate! (2003) ISBN 0-625-03296-9
• Wie wil wat wees? / Let's make some changes (2003) ISBN 0-625-03345-0
• Spinnekoppe in die huis / Spiders in the house (2003) ISBN 0-625-03403-1
• Blink gedagtes / Bright ideas (with Johan van Lill) (2003) ISBN 0-625-03290-X

As editor

• Donker veld (2002) ISBN 0-7993-2970-3
• Die boek van spoke (2004) ISBN 1-919782-19-2

Under the pseudonym Leo Bekker

• Dinge met tande (1995) ISBN 0-7981-3407-X
• Sprong (1998) ISBN 0-7981-3831-9