Maxine Linnell lives in Leicester. She has written poetry, plays, short stories and now novels. There's another novel - Losing It - which she hopes to publish soon. As well as writing, she is a psychotherapist. She's retelling Thomas Hardy novels too - for Real Reads. The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd will be out in the autumn. 

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