Ross Leckie

Ross Leckie
Born	Peter Ross Leckie (1957-05-06) 6 May 1957 (age 68) Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Education	Fettes College Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Occupation	Writer
Notable work	Carthage trilogy
Spouses	Vera Wülfing ​ ​ (m. 1979,divorced)​ Sophie Drinkal ​ ​ (m. 1995,divorced)​
Children	10

Peter Ross Leckie (born 6 May 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his Carthage trilogy.

Biography

Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College. ^[1] He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room. ^{[2] [3]} He met Vera Wülfing, a student of languages from Germany, and they married in 1979. They moved to Scotland in 1981. The couple had four children. ^[4] In 1995 Leckie married Sophie Drinkall, and they had six children. They divorced in 2019.

Works

Carthage Trilogy

1. Hannibal (also as Hannibal: A novel)
2. Scipio Africanus (also as Scipio: A novel)
3. Carthage

Non-fiction

• The Bluffer's Guide to The Classics
• Grampian: A Country in Miniature
• The Gourmet's Companion

References

1. Fettes website
2. Canongate
3. "A classic tale of two cities; Saturday interview: Ross Leckie When Hollywood called, the Edinburgh fund management spinmeister was lost for words". The Herald (Glasgow). 23 August 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 14 November 2014. Fact File 1957: Born in Irvine, Ayrshire. Education: Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School, Kincardineshire; Fettes College, Edinburgh; Corpus Christi College, Oxford University; Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
4. Leckie, Ross (8 February 2021). "Dr Vera Wülfing-Leckie obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links

• Review: Ross Leckie's Carthage