Linea King

What’s your genre
Nonfiction

Are you published?
Traditional publisher

What inspired you to become a writer?
Being an English teacher
Having a niggle
Having a wonderful mentor through the National Oregon Writing Project

What author do you admire and how have they inspired your writing?
James Baldwin’s passion, depth and turn of phrase. Martin Luther King’s use of metaphor. Anne Lamott’s honesty, unalterability and humor.

Name three of your favorite books and their authors
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

What’s one thing readers should know about you?
I have a love/hate relationship with writing.

What’s one piece of advice you would give a budding writer?
It’s OK to have a love/hate relationship with writing.

Author Bio
Linea retired after a 30-year teaching career in Portland, OR teaching mostly middle school English as a Second Language. She now substitute teaches and writes in Iowa and a little in Oregon. She has published pieces in Rethinking Schools Magazine. Visit her on Facebook.