Linda Chaikin is a Christian fiction author with a focus on historical fiction. She sometimes publishes using the name L. L. Chaikin. Linda was the youngest of 10 children and her father passed away shortly after she was born. She wrote her first full-length novel with pen and paper at the age of 14 - this novel was later rewritten as Wednesday's Child, part of the Day to Remember series. She met her husband, Steve, in a Bible study, and they were married 6 months later.