Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner is a British theatre critic, writer and journalist, who works for The Guardian. A graduate in Drama and English at Kent University, she was a founding member of the City Limits cooperative.[1] Before joining The Guardian she reviewed theatre for a London listings magazine.[2]

Gardner is a writer of children's novels, the earliest being Into the Woods (2006) and Out of the Woods (2010), both illustrated by Mini Grey and published by David Fickling Books. ISFDB catalogues it as the "Storm Eden" series.

She has written 6 further children's novels for Nosy Crow, known as the "Stage School Series", base around a young girl named Olivia attending Stage School. They have been well received,[3][4] and a final 7th book was published in July 2013. The first in the series was Olivia's First Term. Other books are due in 2013, including a children's book created in collaboration with illustrator Ros Asquith. The main characters in this book are: Olivia, an intense young high-wire walker; Tom, her best friend; Alicia (Eel), her lively little dancing sister; Georgia, her unconfident friend; Aeysha, Georgia's friend; Alicia Swan, Olivia's grandmother; Jack, Olivia's father; and Katie Wilkes-Cox, the main villain.

References

  1. "Lyn Gardner Profile". London: The Guardian. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. "Theatre critic for The Guardian - Lyn Gardner". Get Into Theatre. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. Pam Norfolk (23 October 2012). "Olivia's Enchanted Summer by Lyn Gardner". IOM Today. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. "Reading is a hassle, mom! Oliveia's Curtain Call". Child Magazine (books blog). Cape Town. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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