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Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante's fourteen novels, including the Prime Suspect series, have all been international bestsellers. She is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and a member of the UK Crime Writers Awards Hall of Fame. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2008. She runs her own television production company and lives in London and Easthampton, New York. Visit her website at laplantebooks.com.

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Bookseller, July 12, 2010
...top 10 of 13.6%, benefited from a variety of stand-out performances including Philippa Gregory, Jackie Collins and Lynda La Plante. M.d. Ian Chapman said: The coherence of our publishing, by planning our release dates, has made a major difference. He...
Galway Advertiser, June 25, 2010
...she keeps breaking the rules? Hilarious writing, perfect for summer reading, from this Irish author. Blind Fury by Lynda La Plante Lynda la Plante of Prime Suspect fame unleashes her latest crime novel, where DI Anna Travis must trust a killer to catch a...
ITV.com, June 15, 2010
...gritty crime novel, Blind Fury. With a string of bestsellers and a TV production company under her belt, Lynda La Plante OBE has become a top name in crime drama and fiction. Blind Fury is the latest in the series of bestselling novels by the author, and...
AFP via Yahoo!, June 13, 2010
...number of female crime writers is rising with the increasing popularity of Tess Gerritsen, Elizabeth George, Karen Rose, Lynda La Plante and Kathy Reichs among others. However, one genre within mystery fiction has remained largely male dominated that of...
T5m.com, June 8, 2010
...absurdly squeamish and hate reading anything gory. But over the last three years I’ve become hooked on Lynda La Plante’s compelling Anna Travis stories.  I was gripped the moment I read the first one, Above Suspicion , and read the rest the moment...
The Bookseller, May 7, 2010
...Dog. Fiction titles identified by Chapman as strong performers were by the likes of Philippa Gregory, Adriana Trigiani, Lynda La Plante and Tom Rob Smith. In its children's division, Chapman said Waterstone's Children's Book Prize winner The Great...
The Bookseller, May 6, 2010
...Dog. Fiction titles identified by Chapman as strong performers were by the likes of Philippa Gregory, Adriana Trigiani, Lynda La Plante and Tom Rob Smith. In its children's division, Chapman said Waterstone's Children's Book Prize winner The Great...
Regina Leader-Post, April 14, 2010
...trying. This one hails from Without a Trace-creator and head writer Hank Steinberg and original U.K. writer Lynda La Plante is involved, but here's a dead giveaway, no pun intended: It's April, and the role of Jane Tennison hasn't been cast yet. Wonder...
Yahoo! News Australia, April 5, 2010
...any bookstore worth its salt. Tim Winton and Alex Miller. Hilary Mantel and Colm Toibin. Ian Rankin and Lynda La Plante. Patrick Ness and Garth Nix. Clive James and Michael Palin. Stephanie Alexander and Antonio Carluccio. Brenner says he and Celia are...
The Independent, April 3, 2010
...returned. Prime Suspect: Jane Tennison DCI Jane Tennison of the Yard was the queen of police drama in Lynda La Plante's Prime Suspect. It was played with award-winning aplomb by Helen Mirren, with gritty storylines that took on issues such as sexism,...
New Zealand Herald, March 22, 2010
...together, with the exception of Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach, by 12 copies to one. Television writer Lynda La Plante labelled the flood of such books as "the biggest publishing catastrophe of all time - the constant supply of crap by individuals who have...
Inthemix.com.au, March 3, 2010
...such a cool story - arty kid from hippie parents can't fit into school. bella mafia - lynda la plante epic story that my mum got me onto. there are heaps more (i'm a bit of a nerdy bookworm) but these are the ones i've had...
Telegraph and Argus, January 4, 2010
...and around Bradford, but his police heroine, Karen Sharpe, lives in Ilkley. In spite of the efforts of Lynda La Plante to change perceptions with Prime Suspect, I did not think Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison a credible creation. It was all about...
Scotland on Sunday Online, January 2, 2010
...CRIME writer Lynda La Plante attacked the BBC's commissioning policy yesterday, claiming the corporation's drama team would rather take a script by a 'little Muslim boy' than one she had written...
The Independent, January 2, 2010
...Writer Lynda La Plante was critical of BBC 'bias' Muslim writers have hit back at the crime doyenne Lynda La Plante after she claimed they found it easier to get scripts commissioned...
Telegraph, January 2, 2010
...Lynda La Plante's attack on the BBC comes hot on the heels of PD James's forensic interview with Mark Thompson Photo: PA In an interview in Review in Saturdays...
BBC, December 31, 2009
...Order out of disorder' Crime fiction is 'slightly behind the curve' according to Sir Ian Blair Crime writer Lynda La Plante, the woman behind Prime Suspect, Widows and Trial & Retribution, doesn't worry about violence. 'I suppose I should. Every time you...
Bournemouth Daily Echo, December 6, 2009
...the literary world regularly bemoans the proliferation of such volumes. Speaking to the Crime Thriller Awards this year, Lynda La Plante pressured publishers to “stop spending your millions on this tripe… on these reality TV writers who are her for...
Times Online, December 3, 2009
...cash advances, are being sucked dry by celebrities. In a speech to the Crime Thriller Awards this year, Lynda La Plante implored publishers to stop spending your millions on this tripe ... on these reality TV writers who are here for their 15 minutes of...
Times Online, December 3, 2009
...cash advances, are being sucked dry by celebrities. In a speech to the Crime Thriller Awards this year, Lynda La Plante implored publishers to stop spending your millions on this tripe ... on these reality TV writers who are here for their 15 minutes of...
Times Online, December 2, 2009
...cash advances, are being sucked dry by celebrities. In a speech to the Crime Thriller Awards this year, Lynda La Plante implored publishers to stop spending your millions on this tripe ... on these reality TV writers who are here for their 15 minutes of...
Telegraph, December 1, 2009
...by her celebrity that his latest novella, State of England, features a character bearing some of her traits. Lynda La Plante, the crime writer, also criticised Price, saying she was 'a terrible thing for young girls'. Weldon, 78, also claimed that...
Telegraph, November 5, 2009
...Unabashed by Lynda La Plante's complaint to Mandrake last month about publishers paying vast sums to television personalities, Martine McCutcheon admits that she wrote her debut novel, The Mistress, in the hope...
First Post, October 24, 2009
...Does the TV crime writer Lynda La Plante have a case of sour grapes? La Plante has launched a withering attack on the millions spent by publishers on 'dross' and 'tripe' by celebrity novelists such as...
Topnews.in, October 23, 2009
...London, Oct 23 : In an outburst against the growing trend of celebrity novels, Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has hit out at glamour model Katie Price, a. k. a Jordan, insisting she’s terrible thing for young girls. The comments from...
Telegraph, October 22, 2009
...Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has just subjected Katie Price, the model better known as Jordan, to what counts in literary circles as grievous bodily harm. Tim Walker...
Irish Times, September 25, 2009
...2004), about racism in the workplace. On the strength of these, Deasy was offered the chance to follow Lynda La Plante and various other writers on Prime Suspect . The two-part, four-hour finale proved to be vintage television, with Mirren giving a...
Guardian Unlimited, September 12, 2009
...The winner will be announced on 21 October, when the CWA will also induct Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter, Lynda La Plante, Ruth Rendell and Val McDermid into its hall of fame. The honour is likely to be a welcome one for Rankin, who earlier this week bemoaned...
The Bookseller, September 1, 2009
...ITV3 crime and drama programming. Weekly documentaries will profile crime writers Colin Dexter, Ian Rankin, P D James, Lynda La Plante, Val McDermid and Ruth Rendell, plus there will be coverage of the shortlists for the new literary awards, and...
Friends & Family, July 1, 2010
...- Ends June 25 Win Mind Walker by Roy McConnell - Ends June 27 Win Silent Scream by Lynda La Plante (3 copies) - Ends June 27 PSF Interview & Giveaway: Tera Lynn Childs “Forgive My Fins” Two (2) signed copies of FORGIVE MY FINS by Tera...
MYSTERIES in PARADISE, June 25, 2010
...I began my "books read" database in 2005 and it now contains 662 records, all crime fiction. Of the 70 books that have scored a rating of 5, 9 are Australian : Katherine    Howell    FRANTIC    2007 Gabrielle    Lord    DIRTY WEEKEND   ...
MYSTERIES in PARADISE, June 25, 2010
...I began my "books read" database in 2005 and it now contains 662 records, all crime fiction. Of the 70 books that have scored a rating of 5, 9 are Australian : Katherine    Howell    FRANTIC    2007 Gabrielle    Lord    DIRTY WEEKEND   ...
Islam in Europe, January 3, 2010
...writers say La Plante attack on BBC is 'insulting' Muslim writers have hit back at the crime doyenne Lynda La Plante after she claimed they found it easier to get scripts commissioned by the BBC than she does. A row broke out yesterday after the creator...
The enemies of reason, January 3, 2010
...it? If you're Harriet Harman, it's ageist and sexist discrimination against older women ; if you're Lynda La Plante, who's an older woman and who could use that very justification if she wanted, it's discrimination against anyone who isn't a young male...
Stuck In A Book, December 17, 2009
...the author in question? 10) Which celebrity ‘novelist,’ whose 2007 book outside the Booker shortlist, did Lynda La Plante call ‘a terrible thing for young girls who just want pink welly boots.’...
BOOK Southern Africa, November 5, 2009
...informative blog In Reference to Murder has some bloodcurdling observations to make about the state of publishing: ‘…author Lynda La Plante made pointed remarks at the recent Crime Thriller Awards, taking publishers [...]...
The First Post: Latest, October 23, 2009
...By Rachel Helyer Donaldson F IRST P OSTED O CTOBER 23, 2009 D oes the TV crime writer Lynda La Plante have a case of sour grapes? La Plante has launched a withering attack on the millions spent by publishers on "dross" and "tripe" by celebrity novelists...
Just A (Reading) Fool, September 20, 2009
...extended break from reading Agatha Christie. What will I be reading after that? Continuing The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante , of which I’m also in the middle. Beyond that, we’ll just have to see...
PETRONA, September 7, 2009
...find out. By the way, the same ITV3 web page contains a video "hall of fame" : Ruth Rendell, Lynda La Plante, P D James, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid and Ian Rankin all talk about their novels. Tempting for the next time I have a spare half-hour (probably...
Just A (Reading) Fool, August 27, 2009
...be able to get to it this weekend. I also picked up three new ones: Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante the first of a series about Detective Inspector Anna Travis Storm Front: Book One of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Fool Moon: Book Two of The...