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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

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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

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Adult novels

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  • Mourning is Not Permitted (1990)
  • Malefice - A Novel (1992)
  • The Mountain of Immoderate Desires (1994)

Books for young adults

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  • Last Train From Kummersdorf (2004)
  • Saving Rafael (2009)

References

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  1. ^ Robert, Christine (6 October 1995). "Caversham". Reading Evening Post. p. 44.
  2. ^ "Results of Final Examinations held in June 1974". Durham University Gazette. 21: 46. 31 January 1975. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ 'About Me' page of Leslie Wilson's website
  4. ^ Lancashire Libraries website
  5. ^ Southern Schools Book Award website
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