Lesley Glaister (born 4 October 1956)[1] is a British novelist, poet and playwright. She has written 15 novels, Blasted Things (2020) 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 poet Andrew Greig.[3]
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| Born | 4 October 1956 |
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| Nationality | British |
| Notable awards | Somerset Maugham Award (1991) Betty Trask Award (1991) Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize (2014) |
| Spouse | Andrew Greig |
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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 Prize in 1998.[2][4] Little Egypt, published in 2014, won a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. 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.
Bibliography edit
- Honour Thy Father (1990)
- Trick or Treat (1990)
- Digging to Australia (1992)
- Limestone and Clay (1993)
- Partial Eclipse (1994)
- The Private Parts of Women (1996)
- Easy Peasy (1998)
- Sheer Blue Bliss (1999)
- Now You See Me (2001)
- As Far as You Can Go (2004)
- Nina Todd Has Gone (2007)
- Chosen (2010)
- Little Egypt (2014)
- The Squeeze (2017)
- Blasted Things (2020)
References edit
- ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 3 October 2014. p. 56.
- ^ a b c Glaister, Lesley (1997) Easy Peasy, Publisher's Biographical note, Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-3509-4
- ^ "LESLEY GLAISTER". Tindal Street Press. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Bloomsbury Publishing". Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
- ^ "Grammar, Style, and Usage". Writing Explained. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.