• Source: Ian Leslie (writer)

      • Ian Leslie is a British writer on human behaviour. He has written the books Born Liars (2011), Curious (2014), and Conflicted (2021).


      Writing


      Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit is "about the useful role that deception plays in our lives". Much of Curious: the Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It is "focused on how harnessing young people's innate curiosity about the world is key to their whole futures." In Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together he writes: "Open, passionate disagreement blows away the cobwebs that gather over even the most enduring relationships . . . It flushes out crucial information and insights that will otherwise lie inaccessible or dormant inside our brains. It fulfils the creative potential of diversity". "The second half of the book is devoted to 10 "rules of productive argument", which Leslie deduces from encounters with specialists in interrogation and hostage negotiation."
      Leslie writes about psychology, culture, technology and business for the New Statesman, The Economist, The Guardian and the Financial Times.
      In 2021 it was announced that Faber & Faber had bought the rights to Leslie's the Beatles book, John and Paul: a Love Story in Twenty-three Songs, an exploration of the relationship between the band's songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.


      Personal life


      He lives in London with his wife and two young children.


      Publications


      Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit (Quercus, 2011)
      Curious: the Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It (Quercus, 2014)
      Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together (Faber and Faber, 2021)


      References




      External links


      Official website

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