Biography

Linda’s award-winning novels of the Old West have found fans among the ranks of men and women alike and have been translated into numerous languages throughout the world. As a child, Linda loved to read and began writing at the age of twelve. Early works were mostly poetry and short stories. She wrote her first full-length book while in her early twenties. A short story published in LadyCom, a magazine for military wives, was followed a few years later by the release of Tyler’s Woman. Since then, Linda has had twelve books published, along with numerous short stories and articles. Two books have been released in audio by Books in Motion.

Born and raised on a ranch in southeastern Idaho, Linda has lived in Maine and South Carolina, traveled the United States extensively, and currently resides not far from her birth place. A fan once told Linda that her books felt so real that she must have lived in the 1800s in a past life. While she won’t go so far as to say she’s been reincarnated, she attributes the authenticity of her books to not only personal experience but to many pleasurable hours listening to cowboy stories—usually hilarious—from her father and his brothers. “My father was a cowboy and a vivid storyteller,” she says. “He could make you feel as if you were right there. It didn’t matter if you’d heard his tales a dozen times. The fun was in hearing and seeing him tell it.”

Linda and her husband own and operate the ranch her grandfather homesteaded nearly 100 years ago. They raise registered Red Angus cattle. They have three daughters and three grandchildren. Linda is a member of Western Writers of America, Women Writing the West, and her local writers group, Blue Sage Fiction Writers. She enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing, photography, good books in any genre, research trips, back roads, being at the ranch, and spending time with her family. She is currently at work on a new novel set in her home state of Idaho.