Writing Magazine

LINDA REGAN

Linda Regan is a crime writer and actor. Her ninth novel, The Terror Within, is published by Headline/Accent. It’s about a hostage situation, a fight against time to save lives with a badly wounded policeman needing urgent medical attention in with the hostages.

‘I’m still a busy actress,’ Linda says. ‘I love working on a script as a character. I think being a writer has made me a better actress as I’m more aware of what the writer has set out to say,

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