Lesley Beake (amuru ya na 1949) bu onye ode akwukwo umuaka South Africa amuru. A mụrụ Lesley Beake wee gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ na Edinburgh, Scotland. O bi na South Africa, bụ́ ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nkụzi. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ụmụ ya, "nke na-ekwu maka ọnọdụ ụmụntakịrị ebo ụfọdụ dị na ndịda Africa na-adọta ndị toro eto". Ejidere na obi ụtọ nke Onye nwe ya: akwụkwọ akụkọ nke Peter David Hadden, 1986 Ndị Strollers, 1987. Onye meriri ihe nrite Percy FitzPatrick, 1986-1988, Onye mmeri nke onyinye nturu ugo ntorobịa nke Africa, 1987-1988 Ọnụ ọgụgụ nke butterflies, 1989. Onye meriri ihe nrite Percy FitzPatrick, 1988-9. Onye meriri nke M-Net Book Prize, 1991.