Linda Newbery has twice been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She is a well-known and respected author. Pitched at the 9 plus age group where there is an acknowledged lack of really good books. Thoughtful and sensitive writing with real insight, strong characters and storyline. Ghost stories a popular genre. 'A haunting, well-written tale that makes compelling reading.' The Bookseller The hardback edition reprinted pre-publication and was an Ottakar's Book of the Month.

Linda enjoys researching her novels and besides a great deal of background reading has travelled for research purposes to Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains, Normandy, and the First World War battlefields in France and Belgium. She's also jumped out of a Cessna aeroplane at 2,000 feet, boarded a wartime Lancaster bomber, and overcome a fear of heights to go climbing in the Lake District. Linda lives in rural Northamptonshire with her husband and three cats. Apart from writing, she spends time reading, gardening, swimming, going to the cinema and theatre, and walking, especially in mountainous places like Wales, the Lake District and the West of Ireland.