Lynda Page (born c. 1950) is a saga author based in the Lincolnshire village of Epworth, England, where she lives on a daughter's holiday park.[1][2] She has written over 20 critically praised saga novels, which reached the bestseller charts of WH Smiths and The Sunday Times.[citation needed]
Lynda Page | |
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| Born | Leicester, UK |
| Pen name | None |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Saga |
| Website | |
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Early work edit
Born and raised in Leicester, she left home at 17.[2] Page began writing her first novel, Annie, in 1987,[3] during lunch hours while working in various jobs, among them as a secretary with Land Rover Parts in Desford.[4] Annie was sent by a friend to the literary agent Darley Anderson, who arranged for her to sign a contract with her current publishers, Headline. Her debut novel, Evie, was released in 1992, followed by Annie. Her next two books had the main character as the title; later her titles were popular sayings.[citation needed]
Style edit
Page's novels are predominantly set in Leicester and are renowned for strong plots and characters. Her books make use of Leicestershire speech and often involve a sense of intrigue or crime.[citation needed] Initially, her time settings ranged from the turn of the 20th century (At the Toss of a Sixpence) to the 1970s (Josie). In the 2000s, she found a niche writing sagas set in the 1950s and 1960s.[citation needed] Some of her recent books feature the fictitious holiday camp Jolly's in the 1960s.
Books edit
- Evie (1992)
- Annie (1993)
- Josie (1994)
- Peggie (1994)
- And One for Luck (1995)
- Just by Chance (1996)
- At the Toss of a Sixpence (1997)
- Any Old Iron (1998)
- Now or Never (1999)
- In for a Penny (2000)
- All or Nothing (2001)
- A Cut Above (2002)
- Out with the Old (2003)
- Against the Odds (2004)
- No Going Back (2004)
- Whatever it Takes (2005)
- A Lucky Break (2005)
- For What It's Worth (2006)
- Onwards and Upwards (2006)
- The Sooner the Better (2007)
- A Mother's Sin (2007)
- Time For A Change (2008)
- No Way Out (2008)
- Secrets To Keep (2009)
- A Bitter Legacy (2010)
- The Price To Pay (2011)
- A Perfect Christmas (2012)
- The Time Of Our Lives (2013)
- Where Memories Are Made (2014)
- Let The Good Times Roll (2015)
- Now or Never (2016)
- All is Fair (2018)
- All the Fun of the Fair (2018)[5]
References edit
- ^ "Hachette. Retrieved 1 December 2020". Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 1 December 2020". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Official biography Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine", lyndapage.co.uk, retrieved 2011-07-02
- ^ Msonthi, Mabel (2001) "Fully booked: Lynda Page wrote her first novel in her lunch hours, while a secretary. She tells Mabel Msonthi how and why she still juggles two jobs despite literary success Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine", The Guardian, 15 January 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ Books added from the British Library catalogue, 2020.