About the artist
Notably, she dabbled in designing posters and booklet covers for the LNER and gained recognition for her landscape paintings. Lingstrom also made a significant impact in British children's television. Her debut novel, The Seventh Sister, debuted in 1938.
From 1945 to 1949, she was part of the editorial team at the children's magazine, Junior, where she worked alongside George Orwell and Maria Bird. She eventually climbed the ranks at the BBC, creating the story-telling program Listen With Mother in 1950, and introducing Andy Pandy in July 1950 at Mary Adams' request. By 1951, Lingstrom had become the Head of BBC Children's Television. She died in 1989.
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