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",
Iceberg (Banks novel) Iceberg (Banks novel) Iceberg is an original novel written by David Banks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was number 18 (of 61) in the Virgin New Adventures range and featured the Cybermen, being a sequel to the serials "The Invasion" and "The Tenth Planet". The events of the novel run concurrently with those of "Birthright". Banks as an actor portrayed the Cyber Leader in several "Doctor Who" serials. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Banks, appeared in "Doctor Who Magazine" #204. This was the first original "Doctor Who" novel to