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Linda Stratmann (born 1948 in Leicester, UK)[1] is a British writer of historical true crime, biography and crime fiction.
She was born in the City of Leicester in a family which belonged to the Orthodox Jewish community. Her parents were engaged in the tailoring trade. Her grandparents had immigrated from Poland in early 1920s and her parents were born in London but during World War II they moved to Leicester. Stratmann attended Wyggeston Girls Grammar School. She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in psychology in 1974.[2][better source needed] After graduating she joined the Civil service and trained to be an Inspector of Taxes. She moved to London in 1987 and left the Civil Service in 2001. In 2002 she published her first book, on the history of chloroform.[2]
Linda is the author of a crime fiction series based in Bayswater in the 1880s and featuring a lady sleuth, Frances Doughty. They are published by the Mystery Press, the fiction imprint of the History Press. The books in this series are:
A new series starting with Mr Scarletti's Ghost, published in 2015, is set in Brighton in the 1870s and explores the world of Victorian spirit mediums. The second book, The Royal Ghost followed, and a third, An Unquiet Ghost, was published in 2018.
The Secret Poisoner, a history of criminal poisoning in the nineteenth century, was published by Yale University Press in 2016.
She has appeared in the Channel 5 television documentary, Scream, about the history of anaesthesia, Hypnosurgery Live on Channel 4, Medical Mavericks on BBC Four by Michael J. Mosley and an episode of "Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook".
Stratmann has had a lifelong interest in true crime. She is a trained chemists' dispenser,[3] has a Bachelor of Science with first class honours in psychology, and is a black belt in aikido since 2000. She lives in London with her second husband.
Stratmann suffers from both hyperacusis and tinnitus.
