Lynda La Plante, CBE (born Lynda Titchmarsh on 15 March 1946) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series. She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, She's Out (1995). The name "La Plante" comes from her marriage to writer Richard La Plante, author of the book Mantis and Hog Fever. La Plante divorced Lynda in the early 1990s.
