Christy Lefteri

Christy Lefteri’s novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo became an international sensation on its release in 2019. Inspired by her experiences at a volunteer centre in Athens where she helped Syrian and Afghan refugees, Christy felt compelled to tell the stories of the people she met.By the end of 2020 The Beekeeper of Aleppo was the third-bestselling paperback of the year. Christy has been nominated for a British Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and won the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Her drive to influence change through her writing led to another novel, Songbirds, about the experience of human migration and the search for ‘a better life’. It is published in July. And it’s as devastating and beautiful as Beekeeper…Christy recently won the Nielsen Gold Bestseller Award for over 500K copies sold of Beekeeper – congratulations! Christy, welcome to our podcast.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-world-as-it-should-be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.