Lynda Page
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Lynda Page | |
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| Born | Leicester, UK |
| Pen name | None |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Saga |
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Lynda Page (c. 1950-2024) was a saga author based in the Lincolnshire village of Epworth, England, where she lived on her 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]
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.
