Bio

Linda has loved writing and reading for as long as she can remember.  Her first completed novel was written in pencil on blue-lined paper when she was eleven.  Three years later, she stepped up to a typewriter and spent a two-week Christmas vacation writing a 200-page mystery about a girl sleuth named Kerry Blue. She also submitted short stories to American Girl Magazine and received encouraging rejections which fired up to her determination to become published someday.
 
Over 35 books later, Linda Joy Singleton has written YA/MG's about mermaids, magical little people, aliens, cheerleaders, clones, parallel worlds, ghosts, body-swapping and psychics.

Her YALSA Quick Pick THE SEER  series (Flux) features a teen psychic who solves mysteries with the help of her spirit guide. DEAD GIRL WALKING (Flux/trilogy), was a 2008 YALSA Popular Paperback and 2010 Quick Pick. Younger readers enjoy her chapter book series STRANGE ENCOUNTERS (Flux) about an unusual family that goes on family vacations and solves unexplained phenomenon.
 
When Linda isn't writing, she enjoys reading juvenile and adult mysteries, walking, camping, watching reality shows, and bowling. She also collects vintage girl series books like Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton and Trixie Belden; creating a home library for her 5,000+ collection.  She lives with her husband, David, in the Northern California foothills where she’s surrounded by horses, peacocks, dogs, wild turkeys and demanding cats.
 
When asked why she’d rather write for kids than adults, Linda says, “I love seeing the world through the heart of a child, where magic is real and every day begins a new adventure.  Writing for kids is a gift, a responsibility, and an honor.”

For covers, book trailers, writer advice, teacher resources plus the entire first chapter of DEAD GIRL WALKING visit Linda online, see sites below.

Website: www.LindaJoySingleton.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linda-Joy-Singleton-Author/120766461299610
Twitter: www.twitter.com/LindaJoySinglet

BOOKS

Grave Secrets, A Thorn Goth Girl Mystery
Forthcoming from Flux, 2012

Magician’s Muse (The Seer Series)
Flux, 2010

Dead Girl in Love
Flux, 2009

Dead Girl Dancing
Flux, 2009

Dead Girl Walking
Flux, 2008

Fatal Charm (The Seer Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2007

Sword Play (The Seer Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2006

Witch Ball (The Seer Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2006

Melissa’s Mission Impossible
Hard Shell Word Factory, 2005

Shamrocked! (Strange Encounters Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2005

Last Dance (The Seer Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2005

Sea Switch (Strange Encounters Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2005

Don’t Die, Dragonfly (The Seer Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2004

Oh No! UFO! (Strange Encounters Series)
Llewellyn Publications, 2004

Double Vision
Amber Quill Press, 2003

Phantom Boyfriend
Hard Shell Word Factory, 2002

ReGeneration 5: Kill
Berkley, 2001

ReGeneration 4: The Imposter
Berkley, 2000

ReGeneration 3: The Truth
Berkley, 2000

ReGeneration 2: The Search
Berkley, 2000

ReGeneration
Berkley, 2000

Boys Are Bad News (Cheer Squad)
Camelot, 1997

Spring to Stardom (Cheer Squad)
Avon Books, 1997

Love Potion
HarperCollins, 1996

Stand Up and Cheer! (Cheer Squad)
Camelot, 1996

Babysitter Beware (My Sister, the Ghost #4)
Camelot, 1996

Teacher Trouble ( My Sister, the Ghost #3)
Camelot, 1996

Spirit Song (Cheer Squad)
Camelot, 1996

Crazy for Cartwheels (Cheer Squad)
Camelot, 1996

Dreamboat (Sweet Dreams Series)
Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1995

Escape from Ghostland (My Sister, the Ghost #2)
Camelot, 1995

Twin Again  (My Sister the Ghost #1)
Camelot, 1995

Spring Break (Pick Your Own Dream Date Series)
Lowell House, 1994

The Saturday Night Bash (Pick Your Own Dream Date Series)
Lowell House, 1994

Deep in My Heart (Sweet Dreams Series)
Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1994

Love to Spare (Sweet Dreams Series)
Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1993

Almost Perfect (Sweet Dreams Series)
Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1992

Opposites Attract (Sweet Dreams Series)
Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1991

Almost Twins
Willowisp Press, 1991