Tributes paid to 'wonderfully talented' Lanarkshire author and librarian

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Tributes have been paid to a creative Airdrie librarian turned author who “just loved writing” and published four books including a series of Westerns.Anne Leishman, who spent four decades helping readers at the town’s library on Anderson Street, saw her own historical romance novel hit the shelves in 1984, followed by the adventure trilogy during the 2010s.She died earlier this month, aged 71, at the home on Rosebank Street in Clarkston where she was born in August 1958 and where she spent her entire life – and relatives are fondly remembering her as “wonderfully talented, gentle, and full of love and kindness”.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android “Fanatical reader” Anne began working at Airdrie library aged just 20 and became a familiar face to readers of several generations over the next 40 years; and she also used her considerable artistic talents to create special displays and friezes for visitors to enjoy.She realised a long-held ambition with the publication of her debut work, Laurel, and appeared at that time in a BBC documentary where she was interviewed by prominent poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.With time for writing limited by her busy job, her later books came around and after the time of her retirement, with the publications of Western stories Creekback, Captain Talbot’s Reckoning and