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Joan Lingard
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| Biography I was born in the heart of Edinburgh, in the Royal Mile, but lived in Belfast from aged two to eighteen. I then returned to Edinburgh, where I have lived more or less ever since, though I do spend time also in a cottage in Inverness-shire and the worst of the winter months in Spain. I am married to a Canadian, who came originally from Riga in Latvia, have three daughters and five grandchildren. I began to write when I was eleven years old. I was an avid reader and consumed books at a ridiculously fast rate. One day when I was moaning in my mother's ear about having nothing to read she suggested I go and write a book of my own. This proved to be a turning point in my life: it was the first step on a path to becoming an author. I thought "Why shouldn't I write a book?" So I acquired some lined, foolscap paper, filled my fountain pen with green ink - green would be a suitable "artistic" colour for a writer I decided - and I began. From then on I only ever wanted to be a writer, specifically a novelist, and create characters and stories of my own. |
Selected Books Across the barricades by Joan LingardThis is one of Joan Lingard's hauntingly powerful Kevin and Sadie novels which set young love against the backdrop of the Irish troubles.  The eleventh orphan by Joan LingardMr and Mrs Bigsby of the Pig and Whistle, Stoke Newington already look after ten children. When Constable O'Dowd brings her an 11th orphan he found on the streets, Ma Bigsby is reluctant to take her. But there's something about Elfie, it's the first day of a new century and Ma loves a mystery.  Me and my shadow by Joan LingardMe and My Shadow is the story of a family dealing with a tough situation. Emma discovers that a girl who looks very like her is in fact her half-sister. Lingard is well-known for the Kevin and Sadie titles, beginning with The Twelfth Day of July. |
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