Lynne Reid Banks Lynne Reid Banks Lynne Reid Banks (born 31 July 1929) is a British author of books for children and adults. She has written forty-five books, including the best-selling children's novel "The Indian in the Cupboard", which has sold over 10 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Her first novel, "The L-Shaped Room", published in 1960, was an instant and lasting best seller. It was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, "The Backward Shadow" and "Two is Lonely". Banks also wrote a biography of the Brontë family, entitled "Dark Quartet",
Lynn Crosbie contributor to "Toronto Life Fashion". Her Trampoline Hall Lecture was entitled "Don't Have Casual Sex". Her book "Life Is About Losing Everything", a roman à clef/fictional memoir, was released in April 2012 by House of Anansi. The book won the 2013 ReLit Award in the fiction category. Her novel "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" was published in 2015 from House of Anansi. Lynn Crosbie Lynn Crosbie (born 7 August 1963) is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches at the University of Toronto. Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario. She received her PhD