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As a child Linda Newbery was a secret writer, filling exercise books with stories which she hid in her wardrobe. Now she is a published author of over forty books, mainly children's and teenage fiction. She has been shortlisted for many prestigious literary prizes and has won the Costa children's book award. Linda lives in an Oxfordshire village and enjoys yoga, gardening, walking and the cinema.
An exquisite novel for the more sensitive seven to nine-year-olds Sunday Telegraph One of the most gifted writers around must surely be Linda Newbery and Lob, her latest novel for younger readers, is the kind of book that will inspire in children a deep love of nature and in adults a yearning for the wonderment of childhood Independent on Sunday Linda Newbery tells her story beautifully, evoking empathy and emotion without ever straying into sentimentality The Scotsman The mystical and beautiful fable is one of my favourite titles of this year The Bookseller I found I was thinking about it long after I'd turned the final page, because it's wonderful ... It's a wonderful story of trusting and believing in the unknown and keeping a legacy alive. You'll remember to look for Lob whenever you hear a rustling of leaves behind you Guardian
