Linda K Sienkiewicz

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Short Bio:

Linda K. Sienkiewicz’s poetry, essays and short stories are widely published in literary journals and anthologies. Her publications include a novel, In the Context of Love, five chapbooks of poetry, a children’s picture book, which she wrote and illustrated, and a second novel forthcoming from Regal House Publishing. Among her other awards are a chapbook poetry award and a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her MFA is from The University of Southern Maine. She resides in southeast Michigan.

Long bio:

Linda K. Sienkiewicz is an author, poet and artist. Her short stories, poems, essays and art have been published in numerous anthologies and literary journals, such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, Clackamas Literary Review, Paterson Review, New Ohio Review, The MacGuffin and Spoon River Poetry Review. Her essay, “My Horrible Celebrity Crush,” appears in Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations that Changed Their Lives, published by McFarland. Her debut novel, In the Context of Love, was a finalist for multiple awards, including The Hoffer Award and Sarton Award for Fiction. She also has a poetry chapbook award from Heartlands Today and a Pushcart Prize nomination. Sienkiewicz has authored four other chapbooks. She wrote and illustrated a children’s picture book, Gordy and the Ghost Crab. She is a member of Detroit Working Writers, Detroit Writers Guild, Poetry Society of Michigan, Authors Guild, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Her second novel, Love and Other Curable Ailments, is forthcoming from Regal House Publishing. She attended Cooper School of Art in Cleveland as a scholarship student, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She resides in southeast Michigan.

Children’s Author Bio:

Linda K. Sienkiewicz is a fiction writer, poet and artist who fell in love with the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She enjoys spending time on its beaches as often as possible. When Linda can’t be there, she’s home in Michigan, dreaming of having her toes in the sand.

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a children's picture book, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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