Linda Holeman

Linda Holeman (née Freeman; born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian author of fiction.

Personal life and education Holeman was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. – and abroad. She was twice short-listed for the CBC Literary Competition, and won the Larry Turner Award for Non-Fiction, the Canadian Author/Winnipeg Free Press Non-Fiction Competition, and the Canadian Living Magazine National Writing Competition.

Linda acted as guest editor for a young adult issue of Prairie Fire Magazine, for which she was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Short Story Editor Award. She has been a member of the Manitoba Artists in the Schools Program and CANSCAIP, toured with the Canadian Children's Book Centre, acted as a mentor in the Manitoba Writers' Guild Mentor Program, and taught creative writing through the University of Winnipeg's Continuing Education Programme. She has served on a number of juries across Canada, including the Governor-General's Award for Children's Literature, and created and facilitated writing workshops on many aspects of the writing process to both students and adults nationally and internationally. She held a nine-month term as Writer-in-Residence at the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, and served on the editorial advisory board for Turnstone Press and on the board of the Manitoba Writers' Guild. She is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada.

Awards and honours

Publications Saying Good-Bye. Toronto, ON: Lester Publishing (1995). Republished as Toxic Love. Toronto, ON: Tundra Books (2003). Frankie on the Run. Toronto, ON: Boardwalk Books (1995). Flying to Yellow. Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press (1996). Promise Song. Toronto, ON: Tundra Books (1997). Mercy's Birds. Toronto, ON: Tundra Books (1998). Devil's Darning Needle. Erin, ON: The Porcupine's Quill (1999). Raspberry House Blues. Toronto, ON: Tundra Books (2000). Search of the Moon King's Daughter. Toronto, ON: Tundra Books (2002). The Linnet Bird. London, England: Headline Publishers (2004). The Moonlit Cage. London, England: Headline Publishers (2006). In a Far Country. London, England: Headline Publishers (2008). The Saffron Gate. London, England: Headline Publishers (2009). The Lost Souls of Angelkov. Toronto, ON: Random House Canada (2012). The Devil On Her Tongue. Toronto, ON: Random House Canada (2014).