Linda Castillo

Linda Castillo is the New York Times bestselling author from America. Most of her thriller novels are set in Ohio as she was born in there. Linda knew from an early age that she wanted to become a writer. She wrote her first novel at the age of thirteen. Till date, she has written a total of twenty- seven novels and has a number of awards to her name. She has won the Holt Medallion, the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence and the Golden Heart award. She was also nominated for the prestigious RITA. Most of her novels are of the thriller genre. She has written a thriller series known as Kate Burkholder series in which Kate Burkholder is the main character. The first novel in the series was ” SWORN TO SILENCE “. She has also written a number of romantic and suspense novels. The New York Times bestseller list always has Linda’s books of her Amish thrillers. She lives in Texas with her husband, two Appaloosa horses, a barn cat and three dogs. Linda enjoys riding horses in her spare time. Her favorite types are the dabbling in barrel racing and the trail riding. Linda is currently working on her next novel based on Chief of Police, Kate Burkholder.