Linda Porter (historian)

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Linda Porter
Born 1947
Nationality British
Genres Biography
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Linda Porter was born in Exeter, Devon. Her family have long-standing connections to the West Country, but moved to the London area when she was a small child. She was educated at Walthamstow Hall School in Sevenoaks and at the University of York, from which she has a doctorate in History. On completing her postgraduate work she moved to New York, where she lived for almost a decade, lecturing at Fordham University and the City University of New York.

Since returning to England, Linda has had a varied career. She has worked as a journalist and been a senior adviser on international public relations to a major telecommunications company. But she has always stayed close to her roots as an historian. In 2004 she was the winner of the Biographers Club/Daily Mail prize which launched her on a new career as an author. Her first book, Mary Tudor: The First Queen was published in 2007. She is currently working on her next book, a biography of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr.

Linda is married with one daughter. She lives in Kent.

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NAME Porter, Linda
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Author, Biographer, Historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
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