Elizabeth Laird



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Elizabeth Laird

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Laird was born in New Zealand in 1943, the fourth of five children. Her father was a ship's surgeon; both he and Laird's mother were Scottish. In 1945, Laird and her family returned to Britain and she grew up in South London, where she was educated at Croydon High School.
When she was eighteen, Laird started teaching at a school in Malaysia. She decided to continue her adventurous life, even though she was bitten by a poisonous snake and went down with typhoid.

After attending the university in Bristol, Laird began teaching English in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She and a friend would hire mules and go into remote areas in the holidays.

After a while at Edinburgh University, Laird worked in India for a summer. During travel, she met her future hu...more


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Average rating: 3.77 · 2,229 ratings · 421 reviews · 98 distinct works · Similar authors
The Betrayal of Maggie Blair
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Red Sky in the Morning
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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The Garbage King
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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Kiss the Dust
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions
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A Little Piece of Ground
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Crusade
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Oranges in No Man's Land
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Jake's Tower
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Secret Friends
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Paradise End. Elizabeth Laird
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