Born in Norwich, Connecticut, author Linda Watkins moved to Michigan when she was four years old. After graduation from college (Carnegie-Mellon University ’70), Ms. Watkins relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area where she lived most of her adult life. A Senior Clinical Financial Analyst at Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, Linda was always writing. At work, she wrote “long forms” and business plans; at home, she penned whimsical stories, poems and songs for the delight of her friends and family. In 2006, retired, she moved to Chebeague Island, Maine and it was there that she wrote MATEGUAS ISLAND.

Today, she resides in Western Michigan with her three rescue dogs (Splatter, Spudley and Jasper) and has completed the sequel to Mateguas (RETURN TO MATEGUAS ISLAND) which was published in eBook format on December 15, 2014. The print version will follow in early 2015.

 To take a look at her other works, please visit her personal website,www.lindawatkins.biz or visit her book website.