Linda McCullough Thew is a British author. She left school at 14 to work in the village store in Ashington, Northumberland (recounted in The Pit Village and the Store). In 1942, she joined the ATS where she worked on anti-aircraft radar. She transferred to the Army Education Corps and subsequently took a teachers' training course in Newcastle. After a career in teaching she became a full-time writer. Her work has been broadcast. She has written short stories and books.
Family Life
She married William Thew (Bill), who died in 2003. She has a son called Malcolm.