About Maxine - Personal

Maxine was born in 1948, and has two adult children. She loves gardens and gardening, walking and singing. She has spent some time in South Africa, and feels a strong connection there. She has had periods of ill-health, and is familiar with physical pain.

She has lived in Leicester, Birmingham, Bristol and Hartland in North Devon. She has been back in Leicester, where she still has family, since 2000.

Writer

Maxine Linnell has been a writer for most of her life, publishing poetry, short stories and articles.

She has had poems published in Envoi, Nottingham Poetry, Interpreter's House, Fin and Tripod, and won first prize in 2008 Earlyworks Poetry Competition. She completed her MA in Creative Writing with a distinction at Nottingham Trent University in 2007.

Her novel for young adults, Vintage, will be published in 2010. Three retellings of Thomas Hardy novels will also be published in 2010.

You can find out more about her as a writer at www.maxinelinnellwriter.com.