Lynda Page

Lynda Page
BornLeicester, UK
Pen nameNone
OccupationNovelist
GenreSaga
Website
www.lyndapage.co.uk

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]

Early work

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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ "Hachette. Retrieved 1 December 2020". Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 1 December 2020". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Official biography Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine", lyndapage.co.uk, retrieved 2011-07-02
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Books added from the British Library catalogue, 2020.