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Linda Thackeray

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Born

in Australia

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Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fantasy

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Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clark ...more

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Born in a village in Malaysia and delivered by underpaid midwife, and Ann, an irritable new mother (who wouldn’t be after 48 hours in labour?), X was named by a deranged grandmother with too much creativity for her own good. Once out of her pain-induced stupor, Ann decided to give her new daughter a proper middle name to avoid the risk of being put into a home later in life.

And so, she was called Linda.

Linda was an unremarkable child, save a few notable incidents, the discovery that a pot lid is not a substitute for Wonder Woman’s tiara (five stitches), four-year old don’t need to shave (no stitches but lots of toilet paper) and utility truck drivers are not necessarily qualified operators of their vehicles (seventy stitches).

At eight, L Born in a village in Malaysia and delivered by underpaid midwife, and Ann, an irritable new mother (who wouldn’t be after 48 hours in labour?), X was named by a deranged grandmother with too much creativity for her own good. Once out of her pain-induced stupor, Ann decided to give her new daughter a proper middle name to avoid the risk of being put into a home later in life.

And so, she was called Linda.

Linda was an unremarkable child, save a few notable incidents, the discovery that a pot lid is not a substitute for Wonder Woman’s tiara (five stitches), four-year old don’t need to shave (no stitches but lots of toilet paper) and utility truck drivers are not necessarily qualified operators of their vehicles (seventy stitches).

At eight, Linda received religious enlightenment when she saw Star Wars at the Odeon Theatre and hence began her writing career.

For many years, the cages of various pets in the Thackeray household were littered with pages from Linda’s scribblings. Subjects usually ranged from whatever science fiction show was on television or at the movies. There was lots of Star Wars.

At 17, Linda moved to Sydney, Australia and was disappointed it was not occupied by Paul Hogan types with big knives and croc skin jackets but pot-bellied blokes with zinc cream and terry towel hats. Linda’s father (also known as that bloke who buys me stuff to piss mum off when she’s mad at him) settled in the town of Young, a community of 6000 people with no movie theatre.

Linda survived this period in the wilderness by raising kangaroos and writing original works but eventually got saddled down with the necessities of life and though she continued to write, work came first. Work, HBO, comic books and rent. It’s a kaleidoscope.

Even the kangaroos left out of boredom.

In 2014, Linda decided to start writing seriously again. Mostly because Australia’s strict gun laws make it very difficult to go postal in the workplace. Moving to Woy Woy, which is Aboriginal for ‘Big Water’, she’s dipped her toes into the Indie pool and found she needs a pedicure. Her books are labours of love and championed by her friends on Facebook.

Eventually Creativia Publishers, appalled by Linda’s inability to conduct any marketing, offered to publish her books out of sheer exasperation.

Supported by two cats named Newt and Humphrey, she spends her days trying to write novels while having unclean thoughts about Michael Fassbender and Jason Statham, sometimes together. ...more

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	Children of the White Star: A Sci-Fi Adventure 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Siege (The Mimosa Tales Book 1) 4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Owl Canyon (The Mimosa Tales Book 3) 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plantation (The Mimosa Tales Book 5) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of Carleon (Avalyne Series, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Patient (Beyond The Veil Book 1) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suitor (The Mimosa Tales Book 6) 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Audiobooks it seems are here to stay and while I love my hard copy editions, I cannot deny the pleasure of listening to audiobooks. Whether it is on the train, while I'm driving in traffic or even when I'm working on some mundane task, I've managed to catch up on my reading in a way not possible if I had to read a physical book. That's not to devalue the worth of a book, I still cheri

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Linda Thackeray commented on Wendy’s update " Once again, thank you so much. Constructive Crit is always welcomed. " Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Wendy Beckman shared a note and highlight from The Siege (The Mimosa Tales Book 1) by Linda Thackeray (Goodreads Author) See all Wendy’s notes and highlights for this book Her books are labors of love, and she is pitied by her friends on Facebook. Funny
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Linda Thackeray commented on Wendy’s update " Anyway, went back and fixed most of the errors you noted below :) " Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Wendy Beckman shared a note and highlight from The Siege (The Mimosa Tales Book 1) by Linda Thackeray (Goodreads Author) See all Wendy’s notes and highlights for this book The lone rider who left town under cover of darkness might have slipped out of their reach if they had anticipated the action. What? They did anticipate the action.
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Linda Thackeray commented on Wendy’s update " Please do, and I'd be grateful if you spot any errors. I did have it edited so I'm quite annoyed these things slipped past. ...more " Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Wendy Beckman shared a note and highlight from The Siege (The Mimosa Tales Book 1) by Linda Thackeray (Goodreads Author) See all Wendy’s notes and highlights for this book He began earning his living treating other Coloreds in town and the Mexicans and Chinese workers from the railway camp an hour’s ride away. I feel uneasy reading this. Perhaps it is used more routinely in Australia. The author also uses "nigger" freely; I don't see other authors using it so much these days.
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