Linda Greenall

by Alan Wilkinson

Linda Greenall lives in Blackpool, where she was born and raised. At a young age she found she had a gift for expressing herself in words. At primary school this showed itself in an aptitude for poetry.

She left school at 16 and married. She has four grown-up sons.

Linda was a barmaid for over twenty years and loved this work. She met many memorable people doing this job, who are now potential inspiration for her writing.

When she was thirty-two, on a trip to Egypt she caught a virus, this turned out to be the start of rheumatoid arthritis. She has suffered with it ever since and had to retire from work at forty.

Linda decided if her body wouldn't work properly she would go to college and use her brain; she studied A levels in Archaeology and History & Totalitarian regime. She also studied the subjects of Ancient Egyptian archaeology; Criminology, Sociology and Spanish

She loves her garden which she has made into a wildlife garden.

She hates cruelty, in any form; it makes her angry, and she is horrified what men do for profit.

Her favourite place in Britain is the New Forest.

On writing:

Her favourite author is Stephen King who was her main inspiration to write.

She tries to get some writing done every day, but, it’s not always possible. One day she would like to go on a writers’ retreat, to one of the Italian lakes.

Linda’s writing tip is to make time for writing, practice makes perfect.

She is currently writing a scary thriller, the idea arrived in the shape of an’ ideas ball’ thrown by her teacher and mentor, the writer Ashley Lister in a creative writing class - to write a story of 2500 words “A Stranger comes to town”. Linda has since developed this into a novel.