L. M. (Linda) Quinn
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ABOUT ME
L. M. Quinn works and lives in L.A. Fiction is her passion, but she's also delved into book reviews and travel writing (in ELLE and Travel 50 & Beyond magazines).Her short stories include: "A Not So Clear Case of Murder"(included in the anthology "Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery,") and "The Red Lipstick" (included in the YA mystery anthology "You Don't Have a Clue") She also published a personal essay ("A Grown-up") in the anthology "Our Spirit, Our Reality: Celebrating Our Stories."
A member of Sisters in Crime (SinC) and Society of Childrens' Book Writers and Ilustrators (SCBWI), Womens National Book Association (WNBA), and SCBWI, you'll find her in at Literary Orange, WNBA, and SCBWI-LA's Writer's Days conferences.
Professional Experience
Clips/Publications
Various - Los Angeles, CA - United States(January 2008 - December 2011)
- Book reviews published: ELLE magazine.
Short Short published: Travel 50 & Beyond magazine.
Short story:
"A Not So Clear Case of Murder" in Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery. Published by Arte Público Press, March 2009.
"The Red Lipstick" in YA mystery anthology "You Don't Have a Clue." Published by Arte Público Press, April 2011.
"A Grown-up" in "Our Spirit, Our Reality: Celebrating Our Stories anthololgy, (November 2011).
Portfolio
L. M. Quinn's Short Story: "The Red Lipstick"
Published by Arte Publico Press (April 2011). "Cortez complements her adult level Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (2009) with 18 new tales (from a largely different set of Latino/Latina authors) featuring teen characters and concerns. Readers with a taste for the gruesome will be delighted by Xander’s discovery of a freshly severed human arm in his school locker in R. Narvaez’s hilarious and memorable “Hating Holly Hernandez” or the bloody, eye-gouging battle with alien fugitives in Mario Acevedo’s leadoff “No Soy Loco.” Along with scary tales of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping, less violent crimes solved by young detectives include stolen auto parts, santitos (religious figurines) and costume jewelry—along with an encounter with possible ghosts and a vision of the enraged Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui rising up over Venice Beach in Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s “The Tattoo.” Several authors explore moral or ethical gray areas. Sergio Troncoso contributes an anti-mystery in which a teenager simply shrugs off a near-fatal allergic reaction and moves on, and, in another ingenious twist on conventions, Carlos Hernandez crafts a smooth-talking Bronx teen who cements his reputation as a “cop-whisperer” when a face-blind friend’s girlfriend supposedly disappears after posting a suicide note. Only one—a too-sketchy short-short from Daniel A. Olivas—really misses the mark. Overall, a consistent, well crafted collection. (glossary, author bios)” --Kirkus
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Date
11/02/2011
