She has won several business as well as literary awards, and writes in genres as diverse as romance, women’s fiction, crime suspense, and paranormal. Banks, Leslie Banks, and Leslie Esdaile Banks. She was very familiar with the business world and that helped with her success.Ī native of Philadelphia, Banks is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program, and alumnae of Temple University’s Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking program. She was also helpful to me on the business side. She was a featured speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood cable series premiere.įormer Daily News columnist and author Solomon Jones said that Leslie “was a mentor, always willing to help. She was 51.īanks has penned over 40 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover’s Convention Career Achievement Award for Paranormal Fiction and the 2008 Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the 2008 Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. Banks, lost her battle with adrenal cancer and died last Tuesday morning, August 2. New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Leslie Esdaile Banks, also known as L.A.
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