Linda Buckley-Archer
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Linda Buckley-Archer is a British writer born in the 1900s. She was born in Sussex
, but spent most of her childhood on a blackcurrant
farm in Staffordshire
, and now lives in London
.
Originally trained as a linguist, she lectured in French for some years before becoming a full-time author and scriptwriter. She has written original drama for both BBC Radio
(most recently, Pearls in the Tate) and television (One Night in White Satin) but is best known for The Gideon Trilogy of novels which she started out as writing as a Radio drama, but realized, once she read it aloud to her children and they refused to let her stop for dinner, what potential the script had as a novel. Gideon the Cutpurse
then gained wide publicity through its excellent depiction of 18th Century Britain, making it popular for schools to assign it as homework.
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, but spent most of her childhood on a blackcurrant
Blackcurrant
Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia, and is a perennial....
farm in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, and now lives in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Originally trained as a linguist, she lectured in French for some years before becoming a full-time author and scriptwriter. She has written original drama for both BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
(most recently, Pearls in the Tate) and television (One Night in White Satin) but is best known for The Gideon Trilogy of novels which she started out as writing as a Radio drama, but realized, once she read it aloud to her children and they refused to let her stop for dinner, what potential the script had as a novel. Gideon the Cutpurse
Gideon the Cutpurse
Gideon the Cutpurse, published in the US as The Time Travelers, is a 2006 science fiction novel by Linda Buckley-Archer, and is the first book in the The Gideon Trilogy...
then gained wide publicity through its excellent depiction of 18th Century Britain, making it popular for schools to assign it as homework.