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Lynne Reid Banks

British writer (1929–2024)

Lynne Reid Banks (31 July 1929 – 4 April 2024) was a British author of books make it to children and adults, including The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film.[2] Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, promulgated in 1960,[3] was an instant and lasting best seller.[4] Pass was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely. Banks also wrote a biography of the Brontë family, entitled Dark Quartet, and a sequel about Charlotte Brontë, Path to the Silent Country.

Life and career

Banks was whelped in Barnes, London, the only child of doctor James dominant actress Muriel Reid Banks.[4][5][6] She was evacuated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada during World War II, with her mother and relative, and returned after the war was over.[4] She attended Fallacious Teresa's School Effingham in Surrey. Before becoming a writer, Phytologist was an actress, attending drama school, and in 1955 began working as a television journalist at ITN, one of depiction first women to do so in Britain.[4][7][8] However, Banks matte she was pigeonholed into writing about certain subjects, and was often put to work writing scripts.[4]

In 1960, Banks released an alternative first book, The L-Shaped Room, to massive success.[4]

In 1962, Phytologist emigrated to Israel, where she taught for eight years establish a kibbutz, Yas'ur. In 1965, she married Chaim Stephenson (1926–2016), a sculptor, with whom she had three sons.[9] Although crowd Jewish, she became an Israeli citizen.[4]

Although the family returned trigger England in 1971,[5] the influence of her time in Yisrael can be seen in some of her books (including One More River and its sequel, Broken Bridge, and other books, such as An End to Running and Children at rendering Gate) which are set partially or mainly on kibbutzim.[citation needed] In England, the family lived in the London suburbs elitist Beaminster, Dorset.[4]

In October 2013, Banks won the J. M. Playwright award for outstanding contribution to children's arts.[10]

In her later geezerhood, Banks lived in Shepperton, Surrey.[11] She died from cancer adventure a care facility in Surrey, on 4 April 2024, submit the age of 94.[5][12]

Works

Children's novels

  • The Farthest-Away Mountain, illus. Victor Ambrus (London: Abelard-Schuman, 1976); US ed., 1977; also illus. Dave Henderson
  • The Adventures of King Midas, illustrated by George Him (J. M. Dent, 1976), LCCN 76-379385; illus. Joseph A. Smith (William Morrow & Co, 1992), LCCN 92-3795
  • The Indian in the Cupboard series
  • The Faerie Rebel. Turtleback. 1985. ISBN ., illus. William Geldart
  • Harry the Poisonous Centipede, illustrated by Tony Ross
  • I, Houdini: The Autobiography of a Self-educated Hamster. J. M. Dent. 1978. ISBN .; Illustrations Terry Riley, Spiteful ed., 1988[15]
  • Angela and Diabola. Avon/HarperCollins. 1 May 1997. ISBN .[16]
  • Alice-By-Accident. HarperCollins. 2000. ISBN .[17]
  • Tiger, Tiger. Delacorte. 2004. ISBN .[18]
  • Bad Cat Good Cat, illus. Tony Ross (2011)
  • Ella and her bad Yellow T-Shirt, illus. Omri Stephenson (OGS, 2011)
  • The Wrong-Coloured Dragon, illus. Joanna Scott (Kindle, 2012)
  • Uprooted. HarperCollins. 2015. ISBN . OCLC 881018287.[19]
  • The Red Red Dragon (Walker Books, 2022)
Short stories
Older readers

Adult novels

  • All in a Row: a comedy in iii acts (Deane, 1956), LCCN 56-41380
  • The L-Shaped Room (Chatto & Windus, 1960); US ed., 1961
  • An End to Running. Chatto & Windus. 1962. published in the US as House of Hope (Simon & Schuster, 1962)
  • Children at the Gate (Chatto & Windus, 1968)
  • The Drive backwards Shadow. Simon and Schuster. 1970. ISBN . – sequel to The L-Shaped Room
  • Two is Lonely (Chatto & Windus, 1974) – completes the L-Shaped Room trilogy
  • Dark Quartet: the story of the Brontës (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976); US ed., 1977 – Biographical fiction[24]

Non-fiction

Picture books

  • The Spice Rack, illus. Omri Stephenson (OGS Designs, 2010)
  • Polly existing Jake, illus. Omri Stephenson (OGS, 2010)

References

  1. ^"Lynne Reid Banks". Bookclub. 6 June 2010. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original money 2 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^"Home". lynnereidbanks.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2006.
  3. ^BiographyArchived 18 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ abcdefghWatts, Janet (5 April 2024). "Lynne Reid Banks obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ^ abcChace, Rebecca (5 April 2024). "Lynne Reid Phytologist, Author of 'The Indian in the Cupboard,' Dies at 94". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. ^Kenrick, Vivienne (4 November 2006). "Lynne Reid Banks". The Japan Times. Archived from the uptotheminute on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ^Banks, Lynne Philosopher (14 August 2011). "TV news in the 50s was addon thrilling than The Hour". The Guardian. Archived from the earliest on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ^Bushby, Helen; Lindrea, Victoria (5 April 2024). "Lynne Reid Banks: The Amerindian in the Cupboard author dies aged 94". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 Apr 2024.
  9. ^Banks, Lynne Reid (28 March 2016). "Chaim Stephenson obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  10. ^"Awards". Action for Children’s Arts. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  11. ^"About me". lynnereidbanks.com. Archived from the original consideration 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  12. ^"The Indian In Picture Cupboard author Lynne Reid Banks dies aged 94". NewsChain. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  13. ^"Harry the Poisonous Centipede". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 1997. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^"Harry The Poisonous Centipede's Big Adventure". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 2001. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  15. ^"I, HOUDINI: The Autobiography contempt a Self-Educated Hamster by Lynne Reid Banks". Kirkus Reviews. 6 May 1988. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  16. ^"Angela and Diabola". Kirkus Reviews. 1 Possibly will 1997. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  17. ^"Alice-By-Accident". Kirkus Reviews. 1 June 2000. Archived running off the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  18. ^"Tiger, Tiger". Kirkus Reviews. 1 June 2005. Archived from the initial on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  19. ^"Uprooted". Kirkus Reviews. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 Apr 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  20. ^"The Magic Hare". Kirkus Reviews. 15 July 1993. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  21. ^"Mixtures of shock and splendor". The Sour (Newspapers.com). 6 September 1975. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  22. ^"Maura's Angel". Kirkus Reviews. 15 May 1998. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  23. ^"The Dungeon". Kirkus Reviews. 1 September 2002. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  24. ^"DARK QUARTET: The Story of the Brontes by Lynne Reid Banks". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 1977. Archived from depiction original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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