Lesley Chamberlain

Lesley Chamberlain (born 26 September 1951, Rochford, Essex) is a versatile British author who has written in a number of different genres — travel writing, food writing, Russian history, German history, fiction — after beginning as a journalist.

Following her secondary education at Glanmôr Grammar School for Girls, she studied German and Russian at Exeter and Oxford Universities.

After working as a correspondent for Reuters beginning in 1978, she moved to full-time writing; her first of her nine books was published in 1982. She has written for ''The Independent'', ''The Times Literary Supplement'' and ''Prospect'' magazine.

Chamberlain is married to , a former Czech ambassador to the United Kingdom. Provided by Wikipedia