When not jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, Linda Barbosa is an award-winning author who enjoys writing for all age groups. Her work includes fiction, non-fiction, and children's books. Several of her short stories have received recognition and she was recently honored to receive the Royal Palm Literary Award.

Linda is an active member of the Florida Writers Association and the Authors Roundtable of Mount Dora. She writes under a pen name for a popular advice website.