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Leslie Esdaile Banks

Author profile

born

January 01, 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

died

August 02, 2011

gender

female

website

http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Leslie Esdaile Banks: New York Times and USA Today Best-selling author, L.A. Banks has penned over 40 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Convention Career Achievement Award for Paranormal Fiction and the 2008 Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the 2008 Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. Recently she was featured as a speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood premier.

A native of Philadelphia, Banks is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program, and alumnae of Temple University's Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking program. She writes under...more Leslie Esdaile Banks: New York Times and USA Today Best-selling author, L.A. Banks has penned over 40 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Convention Career Achievement Award for Paranormal Fiction and the 2008 Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the 2008 Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. Recently she was featured as a speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood premier.

A native of Philadelphia, Banks is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program, and alumnae of Temple University's Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking program. She writes under the pseudonyms; L.A. Banks, Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, and Leslie Esdaile Banks. She has won several business as well as literary awards, and writes in genres as diverse as romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, and paranormal. She has contributed to magazines, newspaper columns, and has written commercial fiction for a variety of major publishers: St. Martin's Press, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Kensington Publishing, BET/Arabesque, Dark Horse Press, Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Harper, and Tor. Her non-fiction work includes the riveting and motivational story of Bank's life journey in her contribution to the Chicken Soup for the African American Soul anthology.

Banks' writing career took a new twist when she won the coveted contract with Paramount/Showtime in collaboration with Simon & Schuster/Pocketbooks to write a book series for the popular cable network television series, Soul Food. Banks was also contracted to write the Universal Studios/Dark Horse Press novelization of the movie, Scarface, which takes a look at the main character Tony Montana's life two years before he emigrated from Cuba to American in 1978. In addition, Banks penned a four-book crime thriller for Kensington/Dafina, beginning with Betrayal of the Trust, under her alternate pseudonym, Leslie Esdaile Banks. From there, Banks transitioned into another hot genreâ€”the world of paranormal fiction, where she has penned a 12 book Vampire Huntress Legend series under the pseudonym, L.A. Banks, for St. Martin's Press, as well as a hot new werewolf series, Crimson Moon Novels (a six book series.) Banks has also moved into ebooks with Red Rose Publishing, graphic novels, comics, manga and even a new YA, entitled, Shadow Walker, for her thriving Vampire Huntress Legends series, as well as a young adult paranormal series that is under development.

Currently Banks writes full-time, is a member of The Liar's Club, and is always working on multiple projects and anthologies simultaneously. She resides in Philadelphia with her daughter, who attends her graduate studies alma materâ€”Temple University.

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Average rating: 4.33 · 92 ratings · 3 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Better Than by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.51 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sister Got Game by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.44 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Take Me There by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.46 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Keepin' It Real by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Betrayal Of the Trust by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Candlelight and You: Valentine Love\Wait For Love\Seventy-Two Hours & Counting by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Linda Walters, Melanie Schuster 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Blind Trust by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Love Potions by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Love Lessons by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Shattered Trust by Leslie Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating: