Lesley Beake (born 1949) is a Scottish-born South African children's author.

Life

Lesley Beake was born and went to school in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] She lives in South Africa, where she has worked as a teacher. Her children's novels, "which address the plight of children of certain tribes in southern Africa, attract an adult audience".[2]

Works

References

  1. ^ Linda Rode & G. Jakes Gerwel, eds., Crossing over: new writing for a new South Africa, 1995, p.57
  2. ^ Sandra L. Beckett, Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives, Taylor & Francis, 2009, p.128


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