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Linda K. Sienkiewicz is an author and artist whose work blends humor, heart, and the quieter struggles we often keep to ourselves. Her stories reflect a deep understanding of how anxiety, grief, and community shape our lives. She grew up south of Cleveland, Ohio, scribbling stories in the margins of books before she even knew the alphabet. A scholarship student at Cooper School of Art, she spent many years working in graphic arts before turning her focus to writing.
Her short stories, poetry, and art have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Prairie Schooner; Clackamas Literary Review; Paterson Review; New Ohio Review; Dunes Review; Spoon River Poetry Review; Permafrost; CALYX, Rattle; The MacGuffin ; A Twist of Noir; and others. Her essays have been published in Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuation that Changed Their Lives; Feminine Collective; Women Writers, Women’s Books; and Women’s Fiction Writers Association.
Her debut novel, In the Context of Love, was a finalist for multiple awards, including the Hoffer Award and Sarton Women’s Fiction Award. Other awards include a Heartland poetry chapbook award and a Pushcart Prize Nomination. She has published five poetry chapbooks and a children’s picture book which she wrote and illustrated. Her second novel, Love and Other Incurable Ailments, is forthcoming 10/27/26 from Regal House Publishing. Read more on her Regal House Author Page.
Linda holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, serves as Honorary Director of Detroit Working Writers, and is a member of Authors’ Guild, Poetry Society of Michigan, Michigan Writers, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She volunteers for Neighborhood House, a non-profit. She lives with her husband and their corgi, Cowboy, who aspires to be a champion agility dog, if only he could learn not to pee in the ring.
Linda has presented workshops, readings, and talks in a wide range of venues, including HAVEN Women’s Shelter in Pontiac, MI; the University of Southern Maine Stonecoast MFA Program; Firelands College (OH); Detroit Working Writers; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI); First UU Poetry Vespers Series (Detroit); The Writers Voice; Rochester Writers Conference; and numerous libraries, bookstores, and K-12 schools across Michigan.
Workshops, Presentations and Guest Talks Offered:
- Fiction Workshops that help writers dig into character, theme, point-of-view, setting, and dialogue
- Creative Support & Guidance for writers navigating doubt, anxiety, or the simple terror of the blank page.
- Presentations on publishing, point-of-view, setting, dialogue, dealing with social media, resilience, and why stories matter, especially when life gets complicated.
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How to pronounce Sienkiewicz: The Polish pronunciation is shen-KAY-vich. Most English-speaking people say SINK-u-wits. Sienkiewicz is Linda’s married name; she is 100% Finnish American, but proud to share the last name of Polish Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Henryk Sienkiewicz.