Linda Hutsell-Manning's publications include juvenile fiction and plays, poetry, short fiction and TV scripts. She has worked as a free-lance journalist, taught creative writing at several community colleges, hosted author reading series and promoted her work internationally. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she moved to Ontario at age nine. After Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and Toronto Teachers' College, she taught for two years in a one room school. She has a B.A. from the University of Guelph and began writing full time in 1981. Her latest book is Jason and the Deadly Diamonds, Coteau Books, 2004. Married with three adult children and four grandchildren, she has lived in many Canadian communities from Kamloops, BC to Cobourg, Ontario, where she now makes her home.