Lynne Reid Banks

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Lynne Reid Banks


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in London, England, The United Kingdom
July 31, 1929

Died
April 04, 2024

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Lynne Reid Banks is a British author of books for children and adults. She has written forty books, including the best-selling children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 10 million copies and been made into a film.
Banks was born in London, the only child of James and Muriel Reid Banks. She was evacuated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada during World War II but returned after the war was over. She attended St Teresa's School in Surrey. Prior to becoming a writer Banks was an actress, and also worked as a television journalist in Britain, one of the first women to do so. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, was published in 1960.
In 1962 Banks emigrated to Israel, where she taught for eight years on an Israeli kibbutz Yas
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Average rating: 3.92 · 156,868 ratings · 5,333 reviews · 95 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Indian in the Cupboard ...

3.93 avg rating — 107,438 ratings — published 1980 — 111 editions
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The Return of the Indian (T...

3.86 avg rating — 12,780 ratings — published 1986 — 20 editions
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The Secret of the Indian (T...

3.84 avg rating — 9,491 ratings — published 1989 — 20 editions
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The Mystery of the Cupboard...

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3.85 avg rating — 5,763 ratings — published 1993 — 18 editions
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The L-Shaped Room (Jane Gra...

3.97 avg rating — 3,448 ratings — published 1960 — 31 editions
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The Fairy Rebel

4.10 avg rating — 2,951 ratings — published 1985 — 25 editions
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The Farthest-Away Mountain

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4.24 avg rating — 2,581 ratings — published 1976 — 24 editions
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The Key to the Indian (The ...

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Tiger, Tiger

3.86 avg rating — 1,626 ratings — published 2004 — 28 editions
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4.09 avg rating — 1,371 ratings — published 1980 — 16 editions
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The Indian in the Cupboard The Return of the Indian The Secret of the Indian The Mystery of the Cupboard The Key to the Indian
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“The very people you trusted most could become like strangers in their longing...”
Lynne Reid Banks, The Secret of the Indian

“Most men, if you just tell them what to do in a businesslike fashion, will follow directions without thinking about it. One proceeds on the assumption that they'll do as they're told, and they do.”
Lynne Reid Banks, The Secret of the Indian
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“The Spring can be more painful than any other time of the year. Summer is lazy and indifferent. Autumn is demanding and invigorating. Winter is numb and self-contained, but Spring has none of the palliatives. Every emotional nerve is close to the surface. Every sound and sight, every touch of the air is a summons to feel, to open your doors, to let life possess you and do what it likes with you.”
Lynne Reid Banks, The L-Shaped Room

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