about me

In a previous life I worked as a solicitor in London and Brighton. In 2005 I returned to Northern Ireland and became a full-time mother, running a small business.

I've always been an avid reader and studied English Lit to A-level but had to develop more practical writing skills for my career.

In 2010 I picked up the laptop and started writing a novel. That's how the writing addiction began. It led to two novels, the opening of a third, short stories and a blog.

I'll read most genre, am happy to do read swaps and always try to acknowledge and return a read. If I have missed you out please remind me. I'm here to improve my writing so please do not spam me, requesting that I read your MS unless you are prepared to offer a read swap.

The Glass House is complete, apart from the never ending editing.

Twisted Truth was complete but is going through a rewrite to cut the teenage chapters and change it to third person. It has a new title - Finding Us - with a new element to the story.

Can find me on twitter as: lmc_ni
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lesa.clarke.37

I blog at http://lesaclarke.blogspot.co.uk/, with novel extracts, short stories and photographs from around Northern Ireland.

favourite books

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
The Book Thief - Marcus Zusack
The Island - Victoria Hislop
The Ice Cream Girls - Dorothy Koomson
The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy - Fiona Neill
Too many books to list them all but other authors I've read a lot from include Colin Bateman, Freya North and Marian Keyes.

my websites

http://lesaclarke.blogspot.co.uk/