Linda Rettstatt grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and worked for her hometown newspaper following graduation from high school. She began her writing career reviewing community theater productions (a task no one else on the news staff wanted.) Linda writes women's fiction and contemporary romance, and her background as a psychotherapist serves her in digging deeply into the emotional and psychological depths of her characters. She won the prestigious EPIC eBook Award in 2012 in Mainstream Fiction. Her love of storytelling and of bringing characters to life motivates her. Mostly she just loves to make things up. Linda currently resides in Southaven, Mississippi, where she is allowed to share an apartment with her cat, Binky (as long as she continues to bring home the Fancy Feast).