Linda Little

Linda Little lives and writes in the north shore village of River John. Originally from the Ottawa Valley mill town of Hawkesbury, she lived in Kingston and St. John's before moving to Nova Scotia in 1987.

Linda has two award-winning novels, Strong Hollow and Scotch River. She has published short stories in many reviews and anthologies, including The Antigonish Review, Descant, Matrix, The Journey Prize Anthology, and The Penguin Book of Short Stories by Canadian Women.

In addition to writing, Linda teaches at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and is also involved with River John's annual literary festival, Read by the Sea.

Selected List of Publications

Scotch River. Viking Canada, 2006. ISBN 0670065439.

"Linda Little is a natural storyteller with a gift for acute and quirky characterization. These two rare talents combine to make Scotch River a highly unusual and absorbing novel about lost souls in pursuit of the meaning of family."
    - Guy Vanderhaeghe

      Winner of the 2007 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.
      Winner of the 2007 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.
      Globe & Mail Best Book List, 2006.

Strong Hollow. Goose Lane Editions, 2001. ISBN 0-86492-308-2.

      Winner of the 2002 Cunard First Book Award.
      Shortlisted for the 2002 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.
      Shortlisted for the 2002 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.
      Shortlisted for Canada/Amazon.com First Novel Award.

"The novel's characters speak in the rough back-country cadences of the Maritimes, and are toughened by the no-work, no-money, no-advantages limitations of rural Maritime life. ... in Little's care they transcend stereotypes even as they seem to embody them. ... she will indeed be a writer to watch."      - Stephanie Domet, Quill & Quire.

You can send mail to Linda Little
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