Lesley Beake

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

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