About Linda Barlow

Linda Ruth Barlow is an American author of contemporary romance, historical romance, general fiction, thrillers, and romantic suspense. She has won numerous industry awards, including the 1989 Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Single Title Romance for her novel Leaves of Fortune, Romantic Times' Best New Historical Novelist of 1986, and a Lifetime Achievement award from Romantic Times. She is also vice president of Monash Research, an IT consultant firm.

Barlow was born in Boston, MA and in addition to writing books, she has taught university courses, co-founded a software company, and served as an expert witness on search engine technology. Her books have been translated into approximately 20 foreign languages. She contributed two essays to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women, a collection of essays on the romance industry edited by Jayne Ann Krentz. This book won the Susan Koppelman Award for Excellence in Feminist Studies of Popular Culture and American Culture in 1993.