Lesley Glaister (born 4 October 1956,) is a British

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

, poet and

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. 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

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,Glaister, Lesley (1997) ''Easy Peasy'', Publisher's Biographical note, Bloomsbury, and is a regular contributor of book reviews to ''

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'' and ''

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''. She is married to poet

Andrew Greig Andrew Greig (born 23 September 1951) is a Scottish writer. He was born in Bannockburn, near Stirling, and grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and S ...

. 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 The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awa ...

and a

Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...

, ''Now You See Me'' was shortlisted for the

Orange Prize for fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

in 2002, and ''Easy Peasy'' was shortlisted for the ''Guardian'' Fiction Prize in 1998. ''Little Egypt'', published in 2014, won a

Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize is a literary award for eight British writers of outstanding works of fiction, who each receive £5,000.Crucible Theatre The Crucible Theatre (often referred to simply as "The Crucible") is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England which opened in 1971. Although it hosts regular theatrical performances, it is best known for hosting professional snooker's m ...

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, in 2003. Glaister is a Fellow of the

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.British Council
She is currently writer in residence at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

Bibliography

* ''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

External links

Lesley Glaister's website

Lesley Glaister
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glaister, Lesley English women novelists English women dramatists and playwrights 1956 births Living people Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Academics of Sheffield Hallam University People from Wellingborough