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Name Lesley Hazleton

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in 1945. As of 2024, she is around 79 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner / Dating No confirmed information is available.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction : Family, Parents & Bio

  • Lesley Hazleton is a former journalist, who is currently known as a British American author. Her work is centred around politics and religion, and their intersections.
  • Education : She has 2 degrees in Psychology, a BA from Manchester University, and an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  • She was based in Jerusalem from 1966 to 1979 due to her work for the New York Time’s as a correspondent.
  • From 1979 to 1992, she was based in New York City.
  • She has said that in 1992 she moved to Seattle with the sole purpose of getting her pilots licence, however, she fell in love with the area and settled there.
  • Her US Citizenship ceremony took place in 1994.

Books, Writing, Blog and Net Worth :

  • Lesley has worked as a journalist for The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as various other publications, including: The New York Review of Books ; Harper’s ; The Nation & The New Republic
  • Her area of specialty lays in the Middle Eastern religion and politics field.
  • While mostly politics inspires her articles, she mentioned its religion that inspires her books.
  • She describes her books as the volatile area in life where religion and politics reach an intersection.
  • In 2010, she launched her own blog to discuss her views on religion, politics and existence. She named it The Accidental Theologist.

Most Successful Books

  • Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto
  • – Released in 2016
    – Won New York Times Editors Choice Award

  • The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
  • – Released in 2013
    – Won New York Times Editors Choice Award

  • After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni
  • – Released in 2010
    – was a finalist in the PEN-USA Book Awards?

  • Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible’s Harlot Queen
  • – Released in 2008
    – was a finalist in the Washington Book Awards

  • Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography
  • – Released in 2005
    – Won the Washington Book Award

  • Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir of War and Peace
  • – Released in 1987
    – Won the American Committee/Present Tense Book Award.

Less Successful Works :

  • Where Mountains Roar: a Personal Report from the Sinai
  • Israeli Women: The Reality Behind the Myths
  • England, Bloody England: An Expatriates Return
  • Confessions of a Fast Woman
  • Driving to Detroit: An Automotive Odyssey

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