Linda King

Linda King (born 1940) is an American sculptor, playwright and poet.

Personal life Born in 1940, King grew up in Boulder, Utah. She first married early in life, divorcing after 10 years. During the 1970s, King edited the literary magazine, Purr. King was an actress before she became a sculptor and poet. By the following morning there was a broken window and a panel smashed in the door, and King had disappeared. Bukowski blamed her for the damage.

Bukowski and King finally split up for good in 1975, when one night an intoxicated King threw Bukowski's typewriter and books onto the street, angry at his infidelities. In September 2009, she was one of the three poets in the presentation Tales of Bukowski & the Late 1960s LA Poetry Scene: A Reading & Report by Key Poet/Participants at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco.

In addition to her bust of Bukowski, King also sculpted busts of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Micheline, Harold Norse, and A. D. Winans. Her play Singing Bullets was staged as part of a showcase by Phoenix's Metro Arts Institute.

King has also sold an edition of at least 15 bronzes of Bukowski.