Lesley Pearse

{{Short description|British novelist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{third-party|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lesley Pearse

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|02|24}}

| birth_place = U.K.

| occupation = Novelist

| known_for = Writing romantic novels

| children = 3

}}

Lesley Pearse (born 24 February 1945){{cite web|url=http://www.lesleypearse.com/news/essentially-lesley-pearse-writers-write |title=Essentially Lesley Pearse by Writers Write - The Official Lesley Pearse Website |website=Lesleypearse.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-17}} is a British novelist, with global sales of over 10 million copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.lesleypearse.com/ |title=The Official Lesley Pearse Website |website=Lesleypearse.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/lesley-pearse/21763/ |title=Lesley Pearse |website=Penguin.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-12-17}} She started writing at the age of 35, but was not published until she was 48.{{cite web|url=http://romanticnovelistsassociationblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/interview-with-bestselling-author_22.html |title=Romantic Novelists' Association Blog: Interview with bestselling author Lesley Pearse |website=Romanticnovelistsassociationblog.blogspot.co.uk |date=2012-05-22 |accessdate=2016-12-17}}

Pearse lives in Devon, England. She has three daughters and three grandchildren. Her second husband was in a rock band during the 1960s.

In February 2024, an autobiography, The Long and Winding Road, was published.{{Cite book |last=Pearse |first=Lesley |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316220/the-long-and-winding-road-by-pearse-lesley/9780241453209 |title=The Long and Winding Road |date=2024-02-29 |language=en}}