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Linda O. Johnston

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born

March 24, 1998 in The United States

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http://www.lindaojohnston.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

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September 2011

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Linda O. Johnston's first published fiction appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Since then, Linda has had more short stories published, plus ten mysteries and eighteen romance novels.

Linda’s new Pet Rescue Mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime is a spinoff from her successful Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series. The Pet Rescue Mysteries debuted in March 2011 with BEAGLEMANIA, which will be followed in October 2011 by THE MORE THE TERRIER. HOUNDS ABOUND will be published in 2012. Protagonist Lauren Vancouver runs a no-kill pet shelter in LA’s San Fernando Valley and will do anything to save animals. In the Pet Rescue Mysteries, “no-ki...more Linda O. Johnston's first published fiction appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Since then, Linda has had more short stories published, plus ten mysteries and eighteen romance novels.

Linda’s new Pet Rescue Mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime is a spinoff from her successful Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series. The Pet Rescue Mysteries debuted in March 2011 with BEAGLEMANIA, which will be followed in October 2011 by THE MORE THE TERRIER. HOUNDS ABOUND will be published in 2012. Protagonist Lauren Vancouver runs a no-kill pet shelter in LA’s San Fernando Valley and will do anything to save animals. In the Pet Rescue Mysteries, “no-kill” means pets, not people!

Linda also writes paranormal romance for Harlequin Nocturne including the Alpha Force miniseries about a covert military unit of shapeshifters. So far, they include ALPHA WOLF, ALASKAN WOLF, and GUARDIAN WOLF, and the Nocturne Bites "Claws of the Lynx," which is contained in the print anthology AWAKENING THE BEAST. “Hawk’s Challenge” and “Cougar’s Conquest,” also Nocturne Bites, will be published in October and November 2011, respectively. Linda is also working on a Harlequin Romantic Suspense novel which will tentatively be published in September 2012.

Linda has also been a transactional lawyer and loves writing contracts as well as fiction. She has taught courses on romance writing at the California State University, Northridge College of Extended Learning and The Learning Annex in Los Angeles. She has spoken on romance writing and mystery writing at various chapters and conferences of the Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime chapters, the Independent Writers of Southern California, and the Surrey Writers’ Conference. She has additionally presented a variety of programs at libraries and bookstores.

Linda is a member of the Los Angeles chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She is also a member of Romance Writers of America, including the Los Angeles and Orange County chapters, and International Thriller Writers.
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Average rating: 3.47 · 1,571 ratings · 219 reviews · 44 distinct works

	Sit, Stay, Slay (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Nothing to Fear But Ferrets (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-sitter Mystery, #2) 3.41 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Beaglemania (Pet Rescue Mystery, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Fine-Feathered Death (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-sitter Mystery, #3) 3.48 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Alpha Wolf (Alpha Force, #2) (Harlequin Nocturne, #56) 3.57 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Meow is for Murder (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #4) 3.41 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Double Dog Dare (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #6) 3.38 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Fright of the Iguana (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery, #5) 3.56 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Never Say Sty (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #7) 3.59 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Howl Deadly (Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery, #8) 3.23 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery (9 books)
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by Linda O. Johnston (Goodreads Author)

3.33 avg rating — 174 ratings

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