Leslie Wilson (author)
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Leslie Wilson is an England-born 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.
Awards and nominations
[edit]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.
Publications
[edit]Adult novels
[edit]- Mourning is Not Permitted (1990)
- Malefice - A Novel (1992)
- The Mountain of Immoderate Desires (1994)
Books for young adults
[edit]- Last Train From Kummersdorf (2004)
- Saving Rafael (2009)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
