Linda Smith (novelist)

Linda Smith (1949–2007^[1]) was a Canadian writer.

Biography

Born in

Her first book Windshifter was published in 1995 . She 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. Coteau Books posthumously published two other young adult fantasies by her: The Broken Thread, in 2008, which in 2010 won the Alberta Literary Award for children's literature and The Piper of Shadonia in 2012. 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)
• The Piper of Shadonia (2012)

See also

• List of Canadian science fiction authors

References

External links

• Linda Smith Author Home Page
• Review of Wind Shifter
• Review of Minstrel's Daughter
• Review of Sir Cassie to the Rescue
• Review of Broken Thread
• Linda Smith at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database