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. 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.