Wendy Wallace
Biography
Wendy Wallace is an award-winning freelance journalist and writer. She is currently writing the life story of Leila Aziz, a Sudanese woman abandoned by her society who survived to found a charity based in Khartoum that seeks to help abandoned children. The book, being submitted to publishers in July 2008 is titled Daughter of Dust. Wendy Wallace has an interest in Sudan that goes back over twenty five years. She made numerous trips to Sudan as a journalist in the 1980s, writing mainly for the United Nations and development agencies. She met Leila Aziz in 2006 while making a BBC Radio 4 piece about Khartoum's abandoned babies.
Wendy Wallace was senior features writer for the Times Educational Supplement for ten years, specialising in social issues in schools. In 2001, she was Education Journalist of the Year. Judge Peter Preston commented: "Wendy writes brilliantly and simply."
Her book on life in an inner city primary school - Oranges and Lemons - was published by Routledge in 2005; the book was featured in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, BBC Radio 4 and Radio London, among others. She has written for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times magazine, The Scotsman, Middle East magazine, New Africa, Reportage, and other newspapers and magazines. Her short stories have been published by Methuen and Iron Press.
Wendy Wallace was senior features writer for the Times Educational Supplement for ten years, specialising in social issues in schools. In 2001, she was Education Journalist of the Year. Judge Peter Preston commented: "Wendy writes brilliantly and simply."
Her book on life in an inner city primary school - Oranges and Lemons - was published by Routledge in 2005; the book was featured in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, BBC Radio 4 and Radio London, among others. She has written for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times magazine, The Scotsman, Middle East magazine, New Africa, Reportage, and other newspapers and magazines. Her short stories have been published by Methuen and Iron Press.
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