In 1962, Banks emigrated to Israel, where she taught for eight years on a kibbutz, Yas'ur. Before becoming a writer, Banks was an actress, and also worked as a television journalist in Britain, one of the first women to do so. She attended St Teresa's School Effingham in Surrey. She was evacuated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada during World War II, and returned after the war was over. Banks also wrote a biography of the Brontë family, entitled Dark Quartet, and a sequel about Charlotte Brontë, Path to the Silent Country.īanks was born in London, the only child of James and Muriel Reid Banks. It was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, published in 1960, was an instant and lasting best seller. She has written forty-eight books, including the best-selling children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Lynne Reid Banks (born 31 July 1929) is a British author of books for children and adults. From the BBC programme Bookclub, 6 June 2010.
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