Lesley Glaister

Who is Lesley Glaister?

Lesley Glaister is a British novelist and playwright. She has written 12 novels, Chosen 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, and is a regular contributor of book reviews to the Spectator and The Times. She is married to author Andrew Greig.

Her subject matter is often serious but with a thread of dark humour running through it. Her first novel Honour Thy Father 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 Award 1998. Her first play, Bird Calls was performed at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, in 2003.

Gleister is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is currently the Writer in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.