Lynne Ellison
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: LYNNE NEWARK ( NEE ELLISON)
At the time of writing the book I was a dreamy, bookish teenager whose favourite reading material was historical novels, the longer ago the better, and Lord of the Rings. I wasn't needing to work very hard at school so some of it was written at the back of the class while listening with half an ear to the lesson. Subsequently real life took over in the form of A-levels, uni, earning a living and, later, having children; so I haven't thought much about writing since. I had consigned The Green Bronze Mirror to the dustbin of history, in fact; so was amazed to receive a letter out of the blue from an Oxford publisher I'd never met, saying he was interested in re-issuing it. I'm pleased with the new edition, particularly as it has pictures. The first version didn't, which was a shame. I have had a number of different jobs, including running riding holidays in the Scottish borders, teaching English to foreigners, a logistics-type job in a computer firm, and nowadays I'm a Speech and Language Therapist. Future plans include walking the Pyrenees from coast to coast; spending time in Tibet; living on a canal boat for a year. Maybe another book idea will come from some of that.
