Nell Leyshon

Who is Nell Leyshon?

Nell Leyshon is a British dramatist and novelist.

She was born in Glastonbury, England, and lives in the county of Dorset. She attended the University of Southampton, gaining a first in English Literature.

Leyshon writes regularly for Radio 4 and 3. Her plays include:

The Farm

Glass Eels

The House in the Trees

Soldier Boy

War Bride

Sons

"The Iron Curtain"

Her radio drama for Children in Need week will air November 2012

Leyshon and co-writer Stephen McAnena were joint winners of the Richard Imison Memorial Award 2003 for the best dramatic work broadcast by a writer new to radio, for the play Milk. She also wrote the drama documentary The Home Field.

Leyshon's stage plays include The Farm, published by Oberon, performed at Southwark Playhouse, London, and was runner up for the Meyer Whitworth Award.

Her play Comfort me with Apples won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre and then toured.