Linda Hutsell-Manning’s writing career spans thirty-five years and includes an impressive variety of genres including poetry, plays, TV, short fiction and novels. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1940, she moved to Ontario at age nine and, after Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and Toronto Teachers’ College, taught for two years in a one-room school between Cobourg and Port Hope, Ontario. Following this, she attended the University of Guelph as a mature student, graduating with a B.A. in 1975. Encouraged by two of her university professors, she began writing full time in 1981.
She has worked as a free-lance journalist; taught creative writing at several community colleges and hosted an author reading series. In the first twenty years, she published primarily juvenile fiction including three picture books, three juvenile plays, two time-travel novels and scripts for TVO’s Polka Dot Door. During this time, she gave countless school/library workshops across Canada as well as in Germany and Luxembourg.
In 2011, her literary novel, That Summer in Franklin, was published by Second Story Press. Its sequel, The Tangling of Years, is waiting to be published. In 2017, a novella, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose, was short-listed in a Quattro Books novella competition. Her two-act comedy, A Certain Singing Teacher premiered in 2017. She is currently working on a novella/short story collection, Whatever Were You Thinking When You Did That? and a poetry collection, Falling into Light.
She has lived in many Canadian communities from Kamloops, BC to Cobourg, Ontario, where she now makes her home, writing in the attic office of a century farmhouse. More information about Linda’s publications can be found at www.lindahutsellmanning.ca
Watch Linda in conversation with Sharon A. Crawford and Shane Joseph on Behind the Memoir – Pitfalls and Possibilities
Bancroft Times article on Linda published Aug 22nd 2023
Read Linda’s interview with Cecilia Nasmith of Today’s Northumberland on Fearless and Determined at this link: Linda in conversation with Cecilia Nasmith
Linda’s Author Appearance Schedule in 2023
Sat September 5, 11:45 to 12:30 – Fall Fiesta, Red Pine Camp, Golden Lake – reading and book sales
Sat September 5, 7PM – South Algonquin Public Library, 33 Medical Centre Rd, Whitney, ON – reading and book sales
Sat. September 16, 10AM to 4PM – “Readers & Writers Expo” at Bookapalooza Book Fair, Minden Curling Club, 50 Prentice St, Minden, ON. I will be sharing a table with Marie Prins and highlighting memoir sales.
Sat. October 21, 2PM to 4PM – “One Room School Panel Discussion”, Creemore, ON. Reading, panel discussion and book sales.
