Linda Murphy Marshall is a multi-linguist and writer with a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing. Her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery received a starred review from Kirkus. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming numerous publications, includingThe Los Angeles Review,The Catamaran Literary Reader,The Ocotillo Review, The Blue Earth Review, Maryland Literary Review, Under the Gum Tree, Critical Read, American Writers Review, Bacopa Literary Review, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, Sip Cup, Hobo Camp Review, Mom Egg Review and elsewhere. In addition, she is a Trustee for the National Museum of Language, a docent at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and served as Translation Editor at the Los Angeles Review. She is putting the final touches on her second memoir: Through the Window of Language: A Memoir.