Linda MacKillop earned her M.F.A. degree in creative writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop. She writes fiction and creative nonfiction and works part-time for Tyndale House Publishers. Her nonfiction work has appeared in literary journals, including Under the Sun, Relief Journal, and The MacGuffin, among others. Her essay, “So Much Sky,” earned a Pushcart nomination. As an author of a middle grade novel and one novel for adults, she waits patiently to hear a publisher cares about these imaginary characters and their plights as much as she does. Linda and her husband live in an emptynest outside of Chicago. Occasionally she blogs at lindamackillop.com.