Ian Leslie (writer)

Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit is "about the useful role that deception plays in our lives".{{Cite news |date=2011-07-08 |title=Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit, by Ian Leslie |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/born-liars-why-we-cant-live-without-deceit-by-ian-leslie/article599378/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}} Much of Curious: the Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It is "focused on how harnessing young people's innate curiosity about the world is key to their whole futures."{{Cite news |last=East |first=Ben |date=2014-05-03 |title=Curious review – how the internet doesn't help us understand the world |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/04/curious-review-ian-leslie |access-date=2024-02-19 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}} In Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together he writes: "Open, passionate disagreement blows away the cobwebs that gather over even the most enduring relationships . . . It flushes out crucial information and insights that will otherwise lie inaccessible or dormant inside our brains. It fulfils the creative potential of diversity". "The second half of the book is devoted to 10 "rules of productive argument", which Leslie deduces from encounters with specialists in interrogation and hostage negotiation."{{Cite web |first1=John|last1=Gapper|title=Conflicted, by Ian Leslie — the argument for having better arguments |url=https://www.ft.com/content/517936fd-1ee2-4bf2-92f5-85058496b59b |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=www.ft.com}}

Leslie writes about psychology, culture, technology and business for the New Statesman, The Economist, The Guardian and the Financial Times.{{Cite web |title=About|url=https://ian-leslie.com/about/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Ian Leslie |language=en-US}}

In 2021 it was announced that Faber & Faber had bought the rights to Leslie's the Beatles book, John and Paul: a Love Story in Twenty-three Songs, an exploration of the relationship between the band's songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.{{Cite web |title=Faber snaps up 'vital' portrait of Lennon and McCartney's relationship |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/faber-groove-vital-portrait-lennon-and-mccartney-s-relationship-1288151 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

He lives in London with his wife and two young children.

• Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit (Quercus, 2011){{Cite news |last=King |first=Edward |date=2024-02-19 |title=Born Liars by Ian Leslie |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/born-liars-by-ian-leslie-w8sg28wn5qw |access-date=2024-02-19 |language=en |issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}}
• Curious: the Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It (Quercus, 2014){{Cite web |last=Velasquez-Manoff |first=Moises |date=2015-01-01 |title=Book Review: Curious |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/book-review-curious1/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}
• Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together (Faber and Faber, 2021){{Cite news |last=Marriott |first=James |date=2024-02-19 |title=Conflicted by Ian Leslie review — the internet has destroyed civilised debate |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/conflicted-by-ian-leslie-review-t8mnxmch5 |access-date=2024-02-19 |language=en |issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}}
• John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs (Celadon, 2024){{cite web |title=John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs |url=https://celadonbooks.com/book/john-and-paul-ian-leslie/ |access-date=16 April 2025}}

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