Lesley Glaister

Lesley Glaister (born 4 Oct 1956,[1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire) is a British novelist, poet and playwright. She has written 13 novels, Little Egypt being the most recent, one play and numerous short stories and radio plays. She is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of St Andrews,[2] and is a regular contributor of book reviews to the Spectator and The Times.[2] She is married to author Andrew Greig.[3]

Her subject matter is often serious (murder, madness and obsession crop up regularly in her books) but with a thread of dark humour running through it. Her first novel Honour Thy Father (1990) won the Somerset Maugham Award and a Betty Trask Award, Now You See Me was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for fiction in 2002, and Easy Peasy was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award 1998.[2][4] Her first play, Bird Calls was performed at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, in 2003.

Glaister is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[5] She is currently writer in residence at the University of Edinburgh.

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References

  1. ↑ "Birthdays". The Guardian (Guardian News & Media). 3 Oct 2014. p. 56.
  2. 1 2 3 Glaister, Lesley (1997) Easy Peasy, Publisher's Biographical note, Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-3509-4
  3. ↑ Tindal Street Press
  4. ↑ Bloomsbury Publishing
  5. ↑ British Council

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