Putting words together has been Linda's lifelong passion.  She's constantly writing:  novels, short stories, magazine articles, educational texts for the insurance industry, and other materials for a variety of professionals and business organizations.

Her first published work was the crossword puzzle she created in Mr. Calen's fifth grade class.  (Does anyone remember mimeographs?)   The extra credit he awarded her for her creativity, along with the extra credit he awarded anyone who completed the puzzle, was all the encouragement she needed.  From there, she moved on to short stories and magazine articles. In 2002, Linda became published in newspaper with her column, Business Sense, which appeared in The Weekender, an entertainment monthly in Orlando, Florida. She continued to pen her column until the newspaper ceased publication in November 2009.

The publication of numerous magazine articles followed, most notably in Three Rivers Lifestyle, a regional celebrating the best of western Montana, and Rough Notes, an insurance industry trade magazine.

Second Time Around, Linda's first mystery to be published, received a nomination for best Mystery/Suspense fiction in the 2010 EPIC Award competition. Linda is currently working on a romantic suspense novel and a non-fiction book.

In addition to fiction, Linda is a freelance writer and has been multi-published in that field for many years.  She develops and writes career development workshops, procedures manuals, and continuing education seminars, workshops, texts, and online courses.  Linda owns and operates two insurance businesses in Missoula, Montana--Faulkner Education Services and the Linda Faulkner Insurance Agency.  Her other writing endeavors include working with professionals and businesses to produce speeches, website content, marketing materials, and on book collaborations.  To visit Linda's website for her freelance writing, visit www.lindafaulkner.com.

Linda is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and  EPIC.

When she's not writing or working, Linda can be found exploring western Montana--where she lives with her husband, Stephen, two dogs, two cats, and a recently adopted macaw.

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