Linda Smith (novelist)

Linda Smith (novelist)

Linda Smith (1949-2007 [ [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/lindaas/main.html] Author web page, retrieved on September 1, 2007] ) was a Canadian writer.

Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, she obtained a B.A. with Distinction from the University of Calgary and then a Bachelor of Library Science degree from the University of Alberta. Later she acquired a Master's Degree in Children's Literature from Simmons College in Boston, and it was there that she took a writing for children course. Smith wrote primarily for children and young adults, and her books benefited from her years of experience as a children's librarian and her love of children's literature. She published two linked fantasy trilogies aimed at upper elementary and junior high readers, "The Freyan Trilogy", and "The Tales of Three Lands Trilogy", and wrote two books for younger readers: a picture book,"Sir Cassie to the Rescue", and a beginning chapter book called "Kelly's Cabin". In addition, several of her short stories were published in magazines such as "On Spec", or read on CBC Radio's Alberta Anthology program.

Bibliography

*"Wind Shifter" (1995)
*"Sea Change" (1999)
*"The Turning Time" (2001)
*"Sir Cassie to the Rescue" (2003)
*"The Minstrel's Daughter" (2004)
*"Talisa's Song" (2005)
*"Weathermage" (2006)
*"Kelly's Cabin" (2006)
*"The Broken Thread" (2008)

ee also

*List of Canadian science fiction authors

References

External links

*Young Alberta Book Society - [http://www.yabs.ab.ca/artists/artistinfo.asp?ID=61 Artist Information]
* [http://www.lindasmith.ca/ Linda Smith Author Home Page]
*Review of [http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol3/no14/windshifter.html Wind Shifter]
*Review of [http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm//vol11/no8/theminstrelsdaughter.html Minstrel's Daughter]
*Review of [http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol10/no1/sircassietotherescue.html Sir Cassie to the Rescue]
*Article after her death [http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=1&x=story&xid=334247 from Grande Prairie Herald Tribune]


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