Lesley Glaister

Lesley
Glaister

Lesley Glaister is the author of twelve novels and winner of the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Yorkshire Post Author of the Year prizes. Her stories have been anthologised and broadcast on Radio 4. She has written drama for radio and stage. Lesley is a Fellow of the RSL, teaches creative writing at the University of St Andrews and lives in Edinburgh.

Lesley Glaister is the author of twelve novels and winner of the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Yorkshire Post Author of the Year prizes. Her stories have been anthologised and broadcast on Radio 4. She has written drama for radio and stage. Lesley is a Fellow of the RSL, teaches creative writing at the University of St Andrews and lives in Edinburgh.

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