Linda O’Connell is an accomplished writer and seasoned teacher. A positive thinker, she writes from the heart, bares her soul and finds humor in everyday situations. Although she has won awards for poetry, prose and fiction, she considers herself an essayist. Her work appears in sixteen Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Voices of Autism and Voices of Breast Cancer, several Adam's Media antholgies, HCI Ultimate series books, and numerous Silver Boomer anthologies. Her work can be found in regional and national publications: The Writer's Journal, Reminisce Magazine, Sasee Magazine, True Love, Joyful Woman, Thriving Family, and also in numerous literary journals.

Linda has been interviewed on television, radio and on line. She teaches memoir writing and presents at writing workshops.