Joan LingardJoan Lingard (1932-2022) was born in Edinburgh (in a taxi on the Royal Mile) but grew up in Belfast. She wrote for both adults and young people, and was perhaps best known for her Kevin and Sadie series set in Northern Ireland, the first of which wasThe Twelfth Day of July. Her writing received many prizes both at home and abroad, and in 1999 she was awarded an MBE for Services to Children's Literature. Read More Read Less