Linda Collison

Linda Collison’s writing has appeared in a variety of magazines over the decades, beginning in fifth grade when her article about General Mordecai Gist won the Maryland Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.

Linda and her husband Bob Russell have written two guidebooks and have sailed thousands of nautical miles aboard their sailboat. The three weeks they served as voyage crewmembers aboard HM Bark Endeavour inspired the acclaimed YA historical novel Star-Crossed. Her short fiction has won awards from Honolulu Magazine, Southwest Writers, and the former Maui Writers Conference. Her creative nonfiction received an award from the National Student Nurses Association.