and we all like to be taken out of ourselves from time to time, whether that is through books or films. 7. Have you managed to pick up any books by South African authors while you were here? I’m ...

A top selling author is locked in a planning row with a multi-millionaire businessman over a car park at a picturesque beauty spot on England's Riviera. Lesley Pearse, who has sold more than 10 ...

They are in their thirties and early forties now so they can make their own way, but I like helping and especially ... Belle' by Lesley Pearse is out now, published by Michael Joseph and priced ...

When Lesley Pearse sat down to write her first ... It was only later that Pearse realised that, like all ­children, she needed ‘more than food, sleep and play to thrive’.

I am told at libraries that my readership is from age 11 to women in their 90s. Readers like to lose themselves in a sweeping adventure, or rags-to-riches stories. I seem to be alone in my genre ...

Penguin is taking the opportunity of Lesley ... teas and signings with the author are all elements in the push to make the book a number one hardback bestseller. Pearse, a warm woman with a ...