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Lesley Beake (born 1949) is a Scottish-born South African children's author.

Life About Lesley Beake

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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."

Early life and education

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Lesley Beake was born in Scotland in 1949 and later moved to Southern Africa, where she spent much of her childhood in countries including Zambia and South Africa.[1]

She studied education and worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time writer.[2]

Career

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Beake began publishing fiction in the 1980s and became recognized for writing stories centered on children and adolescents navigating social and cultural change in Southern Africa.[3]

Her novel Song of Be received international attention and won several literary awards for its portrayal of a San girl living in the Kalahari Desert.[4]

Works

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

References

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  1. ^ "Lesley Beake Biography". Penguin Random House South Africa. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Lesley Beake". South African History Online. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  3. ^ "Lesley Beake". NB Publishers. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  4. ^ "Song of Be". WorldCat. Retrieved 27 May 2026.


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