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About Leah Stewart

Dianne Stewart (born 4 March 1952) is a South African author who has published over 40 books for adults and for children. She writes in English, and her books have been translated both into African languages, including Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, and Afrikaans, and European languages, including French, Spanish, and Swedish.

Stewart's African folklore books include Daughter of the Moonlight and Other African Tales (1997), The Zebra's Stripes and Other African Animal Tales (2004), African Myths and Legends (2014), Folktales From Africa (2015), and The Guineafowl's Spots and Other African Bird Tales (2018). She has also published a book of African proverbs entitled Wisdom from Africa (2013), a book dedicated to Anthony Davey, her isiXhosa professor at Rhodes University. These folklore publications have made Stewart a "household name" in the publishing of African folktales for English-speaking South African audiences.

Stewart's book The Gift of the Sun: A Tale from South Africa (1996), with illustrations by Jude Daly, won the Smithsonian Notable Books for Children award in 1996.

Leah Stewart writes about Fiction, Married people, Fiction, family life, general, Authors, Adultery, and Family relationships. Their best-known work is The Myth of You and Me.

On FindMyTBR we track 5 books by Leah Stewart, 5 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including Husband and Wife, The History of Us, and The Myth of You and Me. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.