Linda Kay Hardie is the author of the children’s picture book Louie Larkey and the Bad Dream Patrol. Her MG story "The Priestess's Namesake" appears in the Jan. 2024 issue of Cricket, and "Megan is Not an Ugly Dog" is in Paradoxical Pets. Her writing projects include essays in Purrseverance, Cat Women: Female Writers on Their Feline Friends, and an article in Cat Fancy. Linda has been senior editor and publicist for a book publisher and makes her living as a freelance writer. She’s a member of SCBWI, Horror Writers Assn, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Cat Writers Assn, and has won numerous writing awards dating back to 1968. A lifelong book lover, Linda earned a Master of Arts degree in English (writing).