Lynne Markham
is a widely reviewed writer of books for children and young adults.
Her work is described variously by The Guardian as ". . . absorbing, compassionate, controlled" by the Observer as ". . . moving, unsentimental" The Daily Telegraph as ". . . a beautiful, powerful writer" by Junior Bookshelf as ". . . astonishing, excellent" and by the Times Educational Suppliment as ". . . splendid, compulsive".
Two of her books have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Lynne Markham concentrates on the difficulties young people may face when confronting personal issues of disaffection, grief and difference.
Bibliography
- Now You See Me - Radio 2 Book of the Year
- The Closing March
- Deep Trouble
- Finding Billy
- Blazing Star
- Lion Heart
- Winter Wolf
- Cinder Alf
- Ghost Sister
- Barney's Head Case
- Anthologies
- Sisters
- In The Frame
- Television
- The Way to Write (Channel 4 Schools) with Michael Rosen