Praise for Harry the Poisonous Centipede: "A real ground level story that rockets along on hundreds of legs!Bug fans will love this." -- Kidstuff School Books RTE Guide Praise for Tiger, Tiger: "Tiger, Tiger burns brightly to the very last page, and long afterwards too." -- Michael Morpurgo Praise for The Indian in the Cupboard: "An assured piece of storytelling, well able to stand comparison with older classics." -- Times Educational Supplement "Enthralling and hair-raising reading." -- TLS Praise for The Secret of the Indian: "There have been many famous stories in which children's toys come alive: this book is in the same great tradition." -School Library Association.

Lynne Reid Banks was an actress in the early 1950s and later became one of the first two women TV News reporters in Britain. She is a bestselling author for both children and adults, and has written over forty books, including The Indian in the Cupboard, which was made into a major feature film, bestselling Harry the Poisonous Centipede and The L-Shaped Room. Lynne says writing for children comes more easily than writing for adults. "It's not that it is less demanding -- I just find it more fun."