| Registered on
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August 14, 2006: |
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Personal
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| Name: |
Leni Gillman
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| Address |
21 Warminster Road
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London
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SE25 4DL
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020 8771 5272
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0870 1357 160
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| Email |
leni@clara.co.uk
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| Writer and journalist for 25 years. Lives in south London; grammar school education and psychology degree from Reading University, married with two children and four grandchildren. Spent 18 years as a teacher in the state system before joining husband Peter as a freelance writer. Still teaches, mainly trainee journalists. Has travelled widely, including the Himalayas, Australia and the USA, and has co-authored several books. Often works in partnership with husband Peter (qv), covering a wide range of subjects as well as outdoor topics.
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| Training, lecturing and consultancy in writing and journalism.
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| Writes articles and books. Has written for the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Weekend Telegraph, Mail on Sunday and various magazines (outdoor and general subjects).
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| OWG Award for Excellence 1995 (technical reporting) (with Peter Gillman); OWGAward for Excellence 1996 (feature) (with Peter Gillman); 2000 Boardman/Tasker Award for The Wildest Dream (with Peter Gillman).
| Collar the Lot! (1980); Alias David Bowie (1986); The Wildest Dream (2000) (co-authored with Peter Gillman).
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| George Mallory; access; accidents; hillwalking (especially Scotland); equipment testing.
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