Linda Warren

Linda Pearl Siegert Warren (born July 2, 1945) is an American author of contemporary romance novels.

Biography Warren was born Linda Siegert in Brazos County, Texas in 1945. After graduation from Bryan High School in Bryan, Texas, Warren enrolled in a nursing program offered by Scott & White. After less than a year in the program, Warren was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Her pain became so bad that she was unable to walk to class and was forced to drop out.

To keep herself occupied during her frequent hospital stays, Warren read voraciously. Finally her father, James Siegert, and husband, Billy Warren, suggested that she write her own novels. In 1985, she began writing. She sent her first completed manuscript, Christmas Cradle, to Harlequin Books. Harlequin rejected the manuscript, with a note that it had a "good plot, but [the] characters [were] not three-dimensional".

After releasing nine novels for Harlequin, Warren returned to her first manuscript. After she reworked it, the story was finally accepted by Harlequin. It reached the top 10 on the Waldenbooks Series Best-Seller List, marking the first time one of her novels had placed on the list. In 2009, she was a finalist in the RWA RITA contest with Texas Heir.

Warren writes every day. In those mornings that she does not have physical therapy, Warren reads email and participates on various blogs. In the afternoons, she writes from 1:00-3:30. She returns to her writing at 7pm and works for as long as she can, sometimes until 1:00 a.m.