Lynne Reid Banks (31 July 1929 – 4 April 2024) was a British author of books for children and adults, including The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film.
Before becoming a writer, Banks was an actress, attending drama school, and in 1955 began working as a television journalist at ITN, one of the first women to do so in Britain.
[4] Although the family returned to England in 1971,[5] the influence of her time in Israel can be seen in some of her books (including One More River and its sequel, Broken Bridge, and other books, such as An End to Running and Children at the Gate) which are set partially or mainly on kibbutzim.
[citation needed] In England, the family lived in the London suburbs and Beaminster, Dorset.
[4] In October 2013, Banks won the J. M. Barrie award for outstanding contribution to children's arts.