Linda Trinh

Linda Trinh is a Vietnamese Canadian author and she writes fiction and non fiction for kids and grown-ups. Her stories are about figuring out who you are and what you believe. She is the author of award-winning early chapter book series, The Nguyen Kids. Linda hopes some readers may see themselves in the series and some readers may be able to imagine what life is like for someone else. All of this to encourage empathy and connection.

Linda came to Canada with her family from Vietnam when she was three years old. She and her older sister were raised by a single mother in the West End of Winnipeg, after her father passed away when she was seven. Growing up, she did not see herself represented in books and that absence inspires her writing now.

Outside of writing, she enjoys yoga, collecting rocks, and painting (by numbers). She also loves to travel, especially wandering the ruins of places humans built long ago. She spends a lot of time staring out her window, daydreaming, and pacing around the house, writing in her head way before she types out anything. She lives with her husband and two kids in Winnipeg.