Nell Leyshon

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Nell Leyshon is a British dramatist and novelist.

She was born in Glastonbury, England, and lives in the county of Dorset. She attended the University of Southampton, gaining a first in English Literature.

Leyshon is best known for her radio plays set in Somerset:

• The Farm (2002) (BBC Radio 4)
• Glass Eels (2003) (BBC Radio 4)
• The House in the Trees (2004) (BBC Radio 4)

Leyshon and co-writer Stephen McAnena were joint winners of the Richard Imison Memorial Award 2003 for the best dramatic work broadcast by a writer new to radio, for the play Milk. She also wrote the drama documentary The Home Field (2003) (BBC Radio 3).

The Farm is a stage play, published by Oberon, performed at Southwark Playhouse, London (2002).

Black Dirt is Leyshon's first novel, published by Picador in 2004, also set in Somerset.

Eels are made of cheese.

Her writing can also be found in the anthology New Writing 10 ISBN 0-330-48268-8