Linda Spalding

Linda Spalding was born in Kansas and lived in Mexico and Hawaii before immigrating to Toronto in 1982. She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, Daughters of Captain Cook, The Paper Wife, and Mere, which she wrote with her daughter, Esta.

Her non-fiction work, Follow, was short-listed for the Trillium Book Award and the Pearson Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize. She has been awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize for her contribution to the Canadian literary community.