Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. She holds a PhD in creative writing from Brunel University, where she was a lecturer for many years. She is the author of THE BOOK OF FIRE, SONGBIRDS and the international bestseller THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO, which won the Aspen Words Literary Prize and was the runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her first novel, A WATERMELON, A FISH AND A BIBLE, was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Books by Christy Lefteri

The Book of Fire

by Christy Lefteri - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Gorgeously written, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, THE BOOK OF FIRE is a masterful work about the search for meaning in the wake of tragedy, as well as the universal ties that bind people together, and to the land that they call home.