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'', 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==