Linda is the author of This Book is Cruelty Free - Animals and Us, a guide to compassionate living for teenagers and adults, which looks at the choices we make in our daily lives, how they affect animals and the environment, and how we can live more kindly and sustainably. She is better-known as a writer of fiction, with titles including Set in Stone (a Costa category winner), The Shell House and Lob. She's a long-term supporter of Compassion in World Farming and many other organisations which protect animals and the environment. She lives in rural Oxfordshire.