Lesley Parr
Genres
- Children's Books
- > Children's Growing Up & Facts of Life Books
- > Children's Family Life Books
- > Children's Friendship & Social Skills Books
- > Children's Books on Boys' & Men's Issues
- > Children's Friendship Books
- > Children's History
- > Children's Military Books
- > Children's Literature
- > Children's Historical Fiction
- > Children's European Historical Fiction
- > Children's Military Fiction
Lesley Parr is the author of three novels for children. Her debut, The Valley of Lost Secrets, was published in 2021 and was both a Waterstones Book of the Month and longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. It won the Tir na n-Og Award, the King’s School Chester Book Award and the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, as well as being shortlisted for many others. Her second book, When the War Came Home was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Lesley grew up in South Wales and now lives in England with her husband. A former primary school teacher, she shares her time between writing stories and tutoring adults. Apart from books, rugby union is her favourite thing in the world, especially if Wales is winning.
