She was raised on a 160-acre homestead outside of Anchorage, Alaska, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors. She is the author of Listening Hard Among the Birches, a collection of poetry published by Vanessapress in 2002. In 2012, Linda was Artist-in-Residence at Denali National Park, Alaska. Her poems have appeared in anthologies and small magazines and have been set to music and performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.