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Biography of Kaye Linden

Kaye Linden has completed her MFA in fiction at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts on Whidbey Island. Kaye is currently working on a thesis collection of fifty mind- bending Australian tales, set in the magical urban sanctuary of Ma's Place. She is the current editor of the Gainesville Bacopa Literary Review, a print journal of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Kaye's short stories and flash fictions have appeared numerous times in The Raven Chronicles, Expressions magazine, Breves no tan breves, Whispers from the Unseen: Journal and Forum for Writing in the Arts, Soundings Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Camel Saloon and Danse Macabre.

Kaye was born and raised in Australia, has a B.Sc. in Nursing and an international black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She resides in Gainesville, with her family. Kaye is an active member of the Writers' Alliance of Gainesville, and its associated short fiction critique pod.  Kaye is also an active member of Toastmasters International.

Kaye has attended numerous writers' conferences including the annual Writing the Region conference in Gainesville, Gotham Writers' Workshops online and Writers' Digest online school. Kaye plans to seek publication for her flash fiction thesis collection, teach flash fiction and eventually pursue an MFA in poetry. Writing is her hobby and passion. Kaye believes that stories and poetry return us to our roots, and offer solace in a difficult world.