“Write what should not be forgotten.”
Isabel Allende
ABOUT LINDA
Linda Schifino lives and writes in her hometown of Pittsburgh. As the keeper of family memories, her work is often rooted in themes of family and place. Linda is the author of In My Grandmother’s Shadow (Brown Posey Press, 2026) and Neighborhood Girl (Brown Posey Press, 2023). When not writing, Linda enjoys reading, her Latin Cardio dance class, spending time with her granddaughter, and walking with her dog, Rosie.
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New Book Coming!
New Book Coming! I’m thrilled that my second memoir–tentatively titled In My Grandmother’s Shadow—will be out late this summer. This has been a writing project dear to my heart, delayed by health issues, travel, and other factors. Finally, it’s complete and I’ve signed a contract with the good folks at Sunbury Press for publication. In…
A Fall Pause
I’ve worked on my second memoir for almost three years now. Not constantly, as there was a several month pause to pay homage to the damn cancer, but for the most part. Multiple hours of research into family genealogy, days of writing, revising, editing, then revising again, even a journey to a small village in…
Book Clubs
A friend from my Latin Cardio dance class invited me to do a reading and discussion of Neighborhood Girl with her book club. The meeting was held at a local library, and the event was open to the public. About twenty-five people attended, and we had a lively discussion about my book as well as…
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