Joan Lingard

“I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.”

“Do you know there are at least seven ways to view Niagara Falls ... one of the natural wonders of the world?”

“The 325-foot Seagram Tower is the most southerly and closest to the Canadian falls and also affords the best view of the churning upper rapids of the Niagara river.”

“I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she died. I was 16.”