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Lynne Reid Banks


UK flag (b.1929)

Lynne Reid Banks was born in London. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she acted and wrote for the repertory stage. Later, she turned to journalism, becoming one of Britain's first female television news reporters. In 1962 she emigrated to Israel, where she married a sculptor, had three sons and taught for eight years in a kibbutz. She now lives with her husband in England. She writes, travels, and visits schools, at home and abroad, full-time.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Historical
 
Novels
   End to Running (1966)
   Children at the Gate (1968)
   One More River (1973)
   Sarah and After (1975)
   The Adventures of King Midas (1976)
   My Darling Villain (1977)
   The Farthest Away Mountain (1977)
   I, Houdini (1981)
   Defy the Wilderness (1981)
   The Writing on the Wall (1981)
   Torn Country (1982)
   Maura's Angel (1984)
   The Warning Bell (1984)
   The Fairy Rebel (1985)
   Casualties (1986)
   Melusine (1988)
   Broken Bridge (1994)
   Angela and Diabola (1997)
   Fair Exchange (1998)
   Moses in Egypt (1998)
   Alice-By-Accident (2000)
   The Dungeon (2002)
   Stealing Stacey (2004)
   Tiger, Tiger (2004)
   Bad Cat, Good Cat (2011)
   Uprooted (2014)
   House of Hope (2018)
   The Red Red Dragon (2022)
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