Background
Linda Newbery was born in Essex and spent most of her childhood in Epping; she attended a grammar school in nearby Loughton. As a child, she kept her writing a secret, having been told by a headteacher that writing was "not a proper job" and filled several exercise books with her stories. As a young adult, she also experimented with writing poetry. She taught English in secondary schools while working on her novels, becoming a full-time writer in 2000.
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