Leslie Wilson (author)

Leslie Wilson is an author of novels and short stories for adults and children.

She was born in 1952 in Nottingham to a German mother and an English father. She studied German at Durham University (St Aidan's College), graduating in 1974 with a 2:1 degree.^[1]^[2] Her mixed-heritage upbringing in England in the years following the Second World War is a major influence on her writing.^[3] Leslie Wilson has lived in England, Germany and Hong Kong and now lives in Berkshire with a husband and a dog. She has two daughters and a grandson.

Bibliography[]

Adult novels:

(1990)

(1992)

(1994)

Books for young adults:

(2004)

(2009)

Awards and nominations[]

Saving Rafael was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Lancashire Book of the Year Award^[4] and the Southern Schools Book Award.^[5]

Last Train for Kummersdorf was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and the Guardian Children's Book Award.

The Mountain of Immoderate Desires won the 1996 Southern Arts Literature prize.

References[]

^ Robert, Christine (6 October 1995). "Caversham". Reading Evening Post. p. 44.
^ "Results of Final Examinations held in June 1974". Durham University Gazette. 21: 46. 31 January 1975. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ 'About Me' page of Leslie Wilson's website
^ Lancashire Libraries website
^ Southern Schools Book Award website

External links[]

[1] Robert, Christine (6 October 1995). "Caversham". Reading Evening Post. p. 44.

[2] "Results of Final Examinations held in June 1974". Durham University Gazette. 21: 46. 31 January 1975. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[3] 'About Me' page of Leslie Wilson's website

[4] Lancashire Libraries website

[5] Southern Schools Book Award website

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