Ross Leckie

Ross Leckie (born May 6, 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his Carthage trilogy. He is not to be confused with the Canadian poet of the same name.

Biography

Ross Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College;[1] at Fettes he gained his interest in classical literature. He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room.[2][3]

After that he became a fund manager at Artemis as well as writing novels and now lives in Scotland in a country house.

He has 10 children called Douglas, Xania, Patrick, Alexia, Hugh, William, Ilaria , Thomas, Edward and Athena.

Works

Carthage Trilogy
  1. Hannibal (also as Hannibal: A novel)
  2. Scipio Africanus (also as Scipio: A novel)
  3. Carthage

Non-fiction
  • The Bluffer's Guide to The Classics
  • Grampian: A Country in Miniature
  • The Gourmet's Companion
gollark: Write or you will be forced to read... *The Eye of Argon*, which according to TVTropes is the worst fantasy novella ever.
gollark: Write or I will open a portal to the plane of infinite bees, thus crushing everything on the surface of the planet under the weight of increasingly large quantities of bees.
gollark: Write, or I will plunge the Earth into the Sun.
gollark: The first case was recorded December 1 or something.
gollark: I really hate typing on phones. I can do 100 WPM or so on a decent physical keyboard, but on phones I type very slowly and rely heavily on autocorrect.

References
  1. Fettes website
  2. Canongate
  3. "A classic tale of two cities; Saturday interview: Ross Leckie When Hollywood called, the Edinburgh fund management spinmeister was lost for words". The Herald (Glasgow). 23 August 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 14 November 2014. Fact File 1957: Born in Irvine, Ayrshire. Education: Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School, Kincardineshire; Fettes College, Edinburgh; Corpus Christi College, Oxford University; Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
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