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Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante is the author of nine bestselling novels including the Prime Suspect series. She runs her own television production company and lives in London.

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Telegraph, November 5, 2009
...Unabashed by Lynda La Plante's complaint to Mandrake last month about publishers paying vast sums to television personalities, Martine McCutcheon admits that she wrote her debut novel, The Mistress, in the hope...
First Post, October 24, 2009
...Does the TV crime writer Lynda La Plante have a case of sour grapes? La Plante has launched a withering attack on the millions spent by publishers on 'dross' and 'tripe' by celebrity novelists such as...
Topnews.in, October 23, 2009
...London, Oct 23 : In an outburst against the growing trend of celebrity novels, Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has hit out at glamour model Katie Price, a. k. a Jordan, insisting she’s terrible thing for young girls. The comments from...
Telegraph, October 22, 2009
...Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has just subjected Katie Price, the model better known as Jordan, to what counts in literary circles as grievous bodily harm. Tim Walker...
Irish Times, September 25, 2009
...2004), about racism in the workplace. On the strength of these, Deasy was offered the chance to follow Lynda La Plante and various other writers on Prime Suspect . The two-part, four-hour finale proved to be vintage television, with Mirren giving a...
Guardian Unlimited, September 12, 2009
...The winner will be announced on 21 October, when the CWA will also induct Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter, Lynda La Plante, Ruth Rendell and Val McDermid into its hall of fame. The honour is likely to be a welcome one for Rankin, who earlier this week bemoaned...
The Bookseller, September 1, 2009
...ITV3 crime and drama programming. Weekly documentaries will profile crime writers Colin Dexter, Ian Rankin, P D James, Lynda La Plante, Val McDermid and Ruth Rendell, plus there will be coverage of the shortlists for the new literary awards, and...
The Independent, March 7, 2009
...actor who had auditioned for it and had also appeared in Jones's play. Writers in the dock Lynda la Plante In September 2008, parts of La Plante's 1993 novel Entwined were found to bear similarities to the 1947 memoir of Auschwitz survivor Olga Lengyel's...
The Bookseller, February 19, 2009
...EUK's collapse. However, Chapman said he was pleased with the performance of titles by the likes of Lynda La Plante, Jackie Collins and Christopher Ciccone's memoir, Life with my Sister Madonna. He said that the performance of Richard Madeley's memoir,...
Femail, February 13, 2009
...Enter for your chance to win a double dvd pack from Lynda La Plante including titles; Trial and Retribution & The Commander. Lynda La Plante From prolific crime author Lynda La Plante comes two highly stimulating and seductive TV dramas Award-winning...
The Independent, January 10, 2009
...far as the rest of us are concerned. If you leave aside Peter Morgan, Russell T Davies and Lynda La Plante, the names of those who fill our screens and win awards for their efforts remain unknown outside a small circle of commissioning editors. Matthew...
Telegraph, December 16, 2008
...Notting Hill creator Richard Curtis, actor and director Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Lynda La Plante are among more than 100 personalities calling on the Government to address the problem. They have put their names to an open letter asking for legal...
Contactmusic, November 22, 2008
...Helen Mirren. ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards at the Grosvenor House. London, England Click for the Helen Mirren Gallery Lynda La Plante, who is best known for writing the hit TV series Prime Suspect, has been awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace. La Plante,...
In The News.co.uk, November 22, 2008
...Lynda La Plante, who is best known for writing the hit TV series Prime Suspect, has been awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace. La Plante, 62, was rewarded for her services...
The Scotsman, November 21, 2008
...WRITER Lynda La Plante described being made a CBE for services to literature, drama and charity yesterday as the 'proudest moment' of her life. The 62-year-old crime novelist is behind some of...
The First Post: Latest, October 23, 2009
...By Rachel Helyer Donaldson F IRST P OSTED O CTOBER 23, 2009 D oes the TV crime writer Lynda La Plante have a case of sour grapes? La Plante has launched a withering attack on the millions spent by publishers on "dross" and "tripe" by celebrity novelists...
Just A (Reading) Fool, September 20, 2009
...extended break from reading Agatha Christie. What will I be reading after that? Continuing The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante , of which I’m also in the middle. Beyond that, we’ll just have to see...
PETRONA, September 7, 2009
...find out. By the way, the same ITV3 web page contains a video "hall of fame" : Ruth Rendell, Lynda La Plante, P D James, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid and Ian Rankin all talk about their novels. Tempting for the next time I have a spare half-hour (probably...
Just A (Reading) Fool, August 27, 2009
...be able to get to it this weekend. I also picked up three new ones: Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante the first of a series about Detective Inspector Anna Travis Storm Front: Book One of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Fool Moon: Book Two of The...
PETRONA, June 10, 2009
...£12.99) sounds good. A couple of very experienced, prolific authors also have titles due out in September: Lynda La Plante's latest has a publisher, Simon&Schuster, a price, £18.99, but no title (unless it's Untitled ;-) ); and John Sandford (same...
In Reference to Murder, April 6, 2009
...the 13-week run of the show at least one person gets murdered. ITV has commissioned a sequel to Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion , which will once again star Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds.  Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia will be a three-part drama...
In Reference to Murder, April 6, 2009
...the 13-week run of the show at least one person gets murdered. ITV has commissioned a sequel to Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion , which will once again star Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds.  Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia will be a three-part drama...
william, March 1, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
samuel, February 21, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
hugo, February 20, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
ryland5794071, February 14, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
brent, February 13, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
kenneth, February 9, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
alma, February 9, 2009
...to settle. And he’s not the only person who wants to bring her down. From award-winning writer Lynda La Plante ( Prime Suspect ), this compelling thriller delivers gritty stories, intricate plot twists, and a strong, complex female lead. Starring...
blue cat, December 9, 2008
...I simply drew a blank. After a bit of a struggle, I came up with Kay Mellor and Lynda La Plante, although I can't pretend to be that familiar with the work of either of them. Yet if we're specifically talking about comedy, there are of course...