Linda S. was born August 3, 1950 in Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.A.. She cut her teeth on Margaret Mitchell, Robert Ruark, "and anything else that fell into my hands," she says. Whether she is reading them or writing them, books have long played a profound role in Linda's life. Linda wrote her first book when she was 10 years old. "Needless to say, it was unpublishable," she says. "It didn't even have a title. I didn't name them back then."
In the ensuing 21 years of writing for her own pleasure, following junior college Linda worked in the transportation industry, where she met Gary F. Howington, her husband. "In the company I worked for, my title was secretary to the terminal manager, but I actually did very little secretarial work," she says. "I worked in every phase of the transportation business, but my main duties were payroll, insurance, and the efficiency and production reports." Writing production reports, however, soon grew tiresome for Linda.
As she continued to write fiction, concentrating on romantic stories. "I get bored with politics and murder and mayhem," she says. She eventually worked up the courage to submit a manuscript for publication. "It made me sick literally, physically ill. It was like putting your naked baby into the mailbox. And I lost 20 pounds waiting to hear from them. I couldn't eat." Linda needn't have worried Silhouette Books bought her manuscript, beginning a career that has (so far) lasted over 10 years and earned her many awards and letters of praise from adoring fans. She has over 10 million books in print around the world, and has written more than 25 titles. Linda has written for Silhouette Special Edition and continues to write for Silhouette Sensation, and is a New York Times bestselling author for Pocket Books writing historicals.
Linda Howard is a charter member of RWA, joining in 1981 shortly after it was formed. She is one of the original members of her local RWA chapter, has served as treasurer, vice president, and president of that chapter, and has twice been a RITA finalist. In addition to her wide public acclaim, Linda has also been honored by both the critics and her peers many times. She has won the B. Dalton Bestseller Award and the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award for Series and the W.I.S.H. Award for hero Joe Mackenzie from her Silhouette Intimate Moments title, Mackenzie's Mission. A tie-in book, Mackenzie's Pleasure, reached number 61 on the USA Today bestseller list. A Romance Writers of America RITA and Golden Choice finalist, she is a frequent Waldenbooks bestselling author, often claiming the number-one position.
Now, Linda has three grown step-children and three grandchildren. She lives in her native Alabama with her husband Gary and two golden retrievers, named Bit O'Honey and Sugar Baby. They live in in a big house that's very much a home and not a showplace. "It's a house where the kids romp, the dogs romp, and you can sit on any piece of furniture. Her husband fishes BassMaster tournament trail for a living, and she travels with him."
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Up Close and Dangerous: A Novel
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Sarah's Child
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Burn: a novel
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Kiss Me While I Sleep: A Novel
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Now You See Her
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Kill and tell: A Novel
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Heartbreaker
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Almost Forever
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Tears of the Renegade
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Dream man
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Against The Rules
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White Lies
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All that glitters
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Loving Evangeline
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Diamond Bay
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Duncan'S Bride
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After the night
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Ice: A Novel
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To die for: A Novel
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Strangers in the night
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Death angel: A Novel
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Mackenzie's mountain
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The Cutting Edge
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Midnight rainbow
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A game of chance
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Silhouette Christmas stories 1987: Bluebird Winter/ Henry the Ninth/ Season of Miracles/ The Humbug Man
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An independent wife
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Mackenzie's mission
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Veil of night: a novel
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Raintree: Inferno (Silhouette Nocturne)
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The touch of fire
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Angel Creek
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Shades of twilight
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Kiss Me While I Sleep (Howard, Linda)
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Mackenzie's Pleasure
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Come Lie With Me
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Bluebird Winter
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Heart of fire
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Mister Perfect
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To Die For (Howard, Linda)
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Veil of Night
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Chita's Christmas Tree
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Juego de Sombras
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Cry No More
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Overload
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Corazón de fuego
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Blood Born
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CHRISTMAS KISSES: Mackenzie's Magic/ Silver Bells/ A Wild West Christmas
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Kiss Me While I Sleep
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TRAIN TRIP TO LULUS
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Son of the morning
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Linda Howard Collection #1: Midnight Rainbow (Linda Howard Collection, Vol 1)
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Se Abre LA Veda (Titania Contemporanea)
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I can Read About Dinosaurs
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Linda Howard Mixed
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Mackenzie's Legacy: Mackenzie's Mountain\Mackenzie's Mission
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The Mackenzie Family: Mackenzie's Pleasure and Mackenzie's Magic
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Les Couleurs du crime
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Loving Evangeline (American Hero)
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Finding Home
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Trouble
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Night Moves: Dream Man/After the Night
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Vor Jahr und Tag
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Plaire à tout prix
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TRAIN TO LULU'S, THE
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Cutting Edge #1 (3)
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Secretos En La Noche
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Chickenhouse House, The
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El Hombre Perfecto (Titania Contemporanea)
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LA Madre Centro Del Hogar: Mothers Are People Too
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Independent Wife
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Wie Tau auf meiner Haut
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Matar para contarlo
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Linda Howard CD Collection 2: Cry No More, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cover of Night
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Mister Perfekt
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Linda Howard Collection #2 (Heartbreaker & White Lies)
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Misteriosa aparicion/ Killing Time
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Premonicion Mortal/Fatal Premonition
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Un Beso En La Oscuridad / Kiss Me While I Sleep (Titania Contemporanea) (Titania Contemporanea)
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Mackenzie's Pleasure / Defending His Own
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Gefährliche Gefahrliche Begegnung
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Duncan's Bride (Silhouette Sensation)
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Linda Howard Mixed Prepack
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Finding Home (3 Novels in 1)
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All that Glitters/Loving Evangeline/An Independent Wife - Linda Howard Audio Collection
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Sarah'S Child (Best Of The Best)
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Mackenzies' Honor: Mackenzie's Pleasure\A Game Of Chance (Mira Romance)
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Silhouette Summer Sizzlers 1993
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Mackenzie's Mountain (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 281) (Intimate Moments, No 281)
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Visible Oscuridad
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Premonicion Mortal
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Come Lie With Me (Best Of The Best)
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Shades of Twilight/Son of the Morning
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Auch Engel Mogen's Heisse
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Obsesion y venganza/Cry no More
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La Chasse est ouverte
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Delivered By Christmas
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The latest on yearbook copywriting
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Summer Sizzlers '93
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Linda Howard CD Collection: Dying to Please, To Die For, and Killing Time
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| August 8, 2010 | Edited by E-Romance | Biography |
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