Of her childhood growing up in Belfast, Ms Lingard had said that it was there "that I grew up, went to school, made my first friends, learned to read and write. The Kevin and Sadie series, which has sold more than one million copies, is set in Troubles-era Northern Ireland and tells the story of two teenagers growing up on opposite sides of the sectarian divide. She added: "She taught me everything about standing up to prejudice and bigotry and tackling injustice. Writing on Twitter, Ms Lingard's daughter Kersten England, said her mother was a "woman whose life and work touched so many lives including mine". In a career that spanned seven decades, she wrote almost 60 novels. The series included her debut children's novel The Twelfth Day of July, published in 1970, and 1972's Across the Barricades.īorn in Edinburgh in 1932, the author moved to Belfast at the age of two, returning to Scotland aged 18. Live happily ever after, from what I can tell.)Īuthor Joan Lingard, who wrote the Kevin and Sadie series of books for young adults set in 1970s Northern Ireland, has died aged 90. The "Sadie and Kevin" series is based in Northern Ireland and featuresĪ "Romeo & Juliet" type relationship. Born in Edinburgh, she moved to Belfast early on and lived there till
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