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Leslie Hill - 3 posts
taught high school in Toronto for twenty-five years before moving to Scotland to live in the Findhorn Foundation. Six years later she landed in Vancouver and obtained a certificate in Creative Writing from Simon Fraser’s The Writers Studio and an MFA from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts in Washington. Her memoir, Dressed for Dancing, My Sojourn in the Findhorn Foundation, was one of ten nominees for the Whistler Independent Book Awards and her essays have been published in Pilgrimage, The Globe and Mail, True Stories of Becoming a Teacher, Shark Reef, Blank Spaces and the Tahoma Literary Review.
Leta Currie Marshall - 3 posts
is a compulsive writer who grew up in Texas, lived in the Florida Keys for a while, and now shivers through much of the year in the Pacific Northwest. Her articles appear regularly in The Islands' Weekly and occasionally elsewhere. She also plays the flute and other small woodwinds, and freely admits to being a dilettante. She lives in a messy house with her husband and cat.
Lewis Spaulding - 2 posts
found himself writing many poems thirty years ago while in college and was fortunate to enjoy publication of some of them. Now he finds himself waking the poetry path again, with new discoveries around each bend. He lives on San Juan Island.
Lin McNulty - 1 post
comfortably, peacefully, happily resides on Orcas Island, in her 18th year of a three-day camping trip. She writes poems, plays, occasional reviews for The Sounder newspaper, rambling emails, even procedure manuals—anything so she doesn't have to work on her novel, Monumental Task.
Linda Back McKay - 2 posts
is a poet, author and teaching artist with a special interest in motorcycles, unusual families and island living. Her books include Shadow Mothers: Stories of Adoption and Reunion (nonfiction), Ride That Full Tilt Boogie and The Next Best Thing (both poetry). www.lindabackmckay.com.
Linda Boroff - 1 post
graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English and currently lives and works in Silicon Valley. Her suspense novella, The Remnant, was published in June 2020. A collection of linked short stories, All I Can Take of You, was published in August 2020 by Adelaide Press. Her fiction and non-fiction appear in McSweeney’s, Gawker, The Guardian, All the Sins, Epoch, Cimarron Review, Parhelion, Crack the Spine, Writing Disorder, The Piltdown Review, Eclectica, 5:21 Magazine, Thoughtful Dog, The Satirist, Fleas on the Dog, Hollywood Dementia, Sundress, In Posse Review, Adelaide Magazine, Word Riot, Ducts Magazine, Blunderbuss Magazine, Storyglossia, The Furious Gazelle, The Pedestal Magazine, Eyeshot, JONAH Magazine, The Boiler, In Posse Review, Bound Off (podcast), Fiction Attic Press Anthology, Black Denim Lit, Stirring, Drunk Monkeys, Fictive Dream, and Lifelines, the literary journal of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Her story in Able Muse, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her memoir, “What’s So Funny? A Love Story” won first prize in a national competition. Her short story, “Light Fingers,” and its script adaptation are currently under option to director Brad Furman and Sony. She wrote the feature film, Murder in Fashion.
Linda Brainerd - 1 post
was a journalism major in college. During college she wrote news for a San Diego TV station; after college she worked at a small weekly newspaper outside Sacramento. She has worked with writing groups in San Diego, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara, and has written poetry and short stories with the Legacy Writers since its inception on Lopez.
Linda Conroy - 4 posts
, SHARK Reef Poetry Co-editor, retired from a long career as a Child Protective Services worker, manager, meeting facilitator and advocate for people with unique needs; she knew she needed to write about the complicated and gratifying human behaviors she had been privileged to witness, as well as the impact of the natural world and the changing times. Initially, she wrote fiction and creative non-fiction, but poetry quickly became her favorite genre. She continues to host and facilitate writing groups at Village Books in Bellingham, WA, and enjoys spending time with writer friends. She is a four–time Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest winner and has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her poetry has recently appeared in many journals and anthologies and at local community events. She is the author of two poetry collections, Ordinary Signs, and Familiar Sky.
Linda Cordner - 1 post
was raised in Connecticut and received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut with concentrations in Graphic Design and Painting. She also spent a semester studying in London. An early interest in art lead her to choose this path without hesitation. After college she settled in Boston and has explored many areas of art and design throughout her career. Linda has exhibited at galleries around the country and a solo show of her work was reviewed in the Sept. 2010 issue of Art New England. Visit her website at www.lindacordner.com.
Linda S. Gunther - 1 post
is the author of six suspense novels: Ten Steps From The Hotel Inglaterra, Endangered Witness, Lost In The Wake, Finding Sandy Stonemeyer, Dream Beach and Death Is A Great Disguiser. Her essays and short stories have also been featured in a variety of literary publications.