Lesley Beake


Lesley Beake is a Scottish-born South African children's author.
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Life About Lesley Beake

Lesley Beake was born in Scotland and went to school in Edinburgh 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."

Works

Detained at Her Majesty's pleasure: the journal of Peter David Hadden, 1986The Strollers, 1987. Winner of the Percy FitzPatrick Award, 1986-1988, Winner of the Young African Award, 1987-1988A Cageful of Butterflies, 1989. Winner of the Percy FitzPatrick Award, 1988-9. Winner of the M-Net Book Prize, 1991.Rainbow, 1989Traveller, 1989Merino, 1989Serena's Story, 1990Tjojo and the wild horses, 1990Song of Be, 1991Bau and the baobab tree, 1992Mandi's wheels, 1992The Race, 1992Café Thunderball, 1993One dark, dark night, 1993Jakey, 1997An Introduction to Africa, 2000Home Now, 2006Remembering Green, 2009