Christy Lefteri

Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. Her novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo , is an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide and published in over 40 countries. The Beekeeper of Aleppo won The Aspen Literary Prize , runner up for The Dayton Literary Prize and won the Prix de l'Union Interalliée for Best Foreign novel in France. It is currently being performed as a play, adapted by Nesrin Alrefaai , and Matthew Spangler for The...See more

Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. Her novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo , is an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide and published in over 40 countries. The Beekeeper of Aleppo won The Aspen Literary Prize , runner up for The Dayton Literary Prize and won the Prix de l'Union Interalliée for Best Foreign novel in France. It is currently being performed as a play, adapted by Nesrin Alrefaai , and Matthew Spangler for The Nottingham Playhouse , and touring the UK. Songbirds, her follow up novel, was a Sunday Times and international bestseller. See less