Linda Collison

Linda is the author of Barbados Bound and Surgeon’s Mate: book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series (Fireship Press).  Her first novel, Star-Crossed (Knopf/Random House), was chosen by the New York Public Library to be among the Books for the Teen Age – 2007.

With her husband Bob Russell, Linda has written two guidebooks: Rocky Mountain Wineries; a travel guide to the wayside vineyards, and Colorado Kids; a statewide family outdoor adventure guide (Pruett Publishing).  Linda and Bob have sailed thousands of nautical miles aboard their sailboat, Topaz.  The three weeks they served as voyage crewmembers aboard HM Bark Endeavour inspired Linda’s nautical fiction series.

Linda also writes contemporary young adult novels.  Her fiction has won awards from Honolulu Magazine, Southwest Writers and Maui Writers Conference.   A gypsy for many years, she now calls Steamboat Springs home.  Well, mostly!