“She was only recently married, to an Orangeman. In an interview with the Irish Post in 1998, Ms Lingard described how she had been inspired to create the characters of Kevin and Sadie after a friend from Belfast came to visit her at her home in Edinburgh. The author is survived by her husband Martin, her three daughters, Kersten, Bridget and Jenny, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
"A love story set during the troubles in Northern Ireland, the emotions she shared, the situation she portrayed so vividly still resonate with young people today." "The Kevin and Sadie books are essential reading," she said. "Inevitably, then, Belfast and Northern Ireland have had a strong influence on my writing."įrancesca Dow, managing director of Penguin Random House Children's said Ms Lingard was "an incredible writer who gave us some of the most important stories of her time". 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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