Linnea Sinclair Explained

Linnea Sinclair
Pseudonym:Megan Sybil Baker
Birth Place:New Jersey, United States
Occupation:Writer
Education:journalism, criminology
Alma Mater:Indiana University Bloomington
Florida State University
Genre:Science Fiction Romance, Paranormal romance, Fantasy romance
Notableworks:Gabriel's Ghost and sequels
Awards:P.E.A.R.L. Award (2007)
RITA Award (2006)
EPPIE Award (2003)
Sapphire Award (2001)

Linnea Sinclair (born 1954 in New Jersey, United States[1]) is an American writer of science fiction romance, fantasy romance and paranormal romance. Sinclair's Gabriel's Ghost was the winner of the 2006 RITA Award in the Best Paranormal Romance category.[2] She has used the pseudonym Megan Sybil Baker. Formerly, she has been a news reporter and a private detective.[3]

Personal life and early career

Linnea Sinclair was born in New Jersey, USA.[4] She studied journalism and criminology at Indiana University Bloomington (1972–1975) and Florida State University.[5]

Sinclair is a former investigative news reporter and private investigator in the Central Florida area who has written for many private investigative journals. She owned Island Investigations.[5] [6]

Her first professional sale was the fantasy romance Wintertide in 1999 to LTDBooks. Since 2004 she has been published by Bantam Books.[7]

Writing career

While she was still a practicing PI and publishing with LTDBooks, she used the pen name Megan Sybil Baker.[8]

She wrote Finders Keepers and Destiny's Game.[9] [10] She sometimes writes with a good sense of humor, and her books Finders Keepers and An Accidental Goddess have been called "funny".[9] [11] In a review of Gabriel's Ghost, Vicky Burkholder wrote that "Linnea blends science fiction, romance, world building and the paranormal".[12]

Sinclair has used her experience as a private investigator in her work. The male protagonist in her novel The Down Home Zombie Blues is a homicide detective in a Florida city. Various of her short stories are based on a psychic investigator.[13]

Sinclair's novel Games of Command and the short story Of Cats, Uh, Furzels and Kings feature telepathic feline creatures called "furzels". Sinclair has stated that these are inspired by her two cats.[14]

Sinclair's novel The Down Home Zombie Blues was the basis for the movie The Down Home Alien Blues by director C. Duke Marsh and Green Sign Media. Principal photography was completed in March 2012.[15] The movie stars Nathalie Biermans, Jay Mitsch, and Derek Partridge. Release date was set for 2013.[16]

Published works

Wintertide series

the far future sequel to Wintertide

Dock Five Universe series

Standalone novels

Editor, with J.C. Wilder

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Linnea_Sinclair Summary Bibliography: Linnea Sinclair at ISFDb
  2. Web site: RITA Awards: Past Winners . January 9, 2009 . 2007 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043913/http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners . September 27, 2007 .
  3. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=60385 Bantam Books
  4. http://www.shelfari.com/authors/511580/Linnea-Sinclair/summary Shelfari.com
  5. Web site: Linnea Sinclair's Summary. Linnea Sinclair. January 9, 2009. LinkedIn.
  6. Web site: Secrets of Top Private Eyes. January 9, 2009. Investigative Professionals.
  7. Web site: An Interview with Linnea Sinclair. January 9, 2009. Midge Baker. November 2007 . Sime~Gen Inc.
  8. http://www.paranormalromance.org/MeganSybilBaker.htm Interview by Barbara Sheridan
  9. http://www.sfreviews.net/finderskeepers.html T.M.Wagner, SF Reviews
  10. http://thebestreviews.com/review8913 Harriet Klausner, The Best Reviews
  11. http://www.sfsite.com/06b/ag226.htm Steve Lazarowitz, SF Site
  12. http://www.wantzuponatime.com/Reviews/Books/S/SinclairLinneaGabrielsGhost.html Vicky Burkholder, Wantz Upon A Time
  13. Web site: An Interview with Linnea Sinclair. January 9, 2009. Dee Gentle. September 2006 . Paraphernalia. ParaNormalRomance (PNR).
  14. http://aarafterhours.blog-city.com/linnea_sinclair_awesome_book_contest_and_qa.htm AAR After Hours
  15. Web site: 骨盤の歪みの対策&改善ナビ@骨盤は美容や健康に大きな影響を与えます . July 20, 2012 . October 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001223821/http://www.thedownhomealienblues.com/ . dead .
  16. http://www.downhomealienblues.com/{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  17. http://www.pretty-scary.net/?q=content/pearl-award-2008-winners-female-paranormal-romance P.E.A.R.L. Award 2008 winners – female paranormal romance
  18. http://paranormalromance.org/pearl/winners.php 2009 P.E.A.R.L Awards
  19. http://www.locusmag.com/2002/News/News03Log.html The Locus INdex to SF
  20. http://epicauthors.com/eppiewinners2003.html EPIC – EPPIES 2003
  21. http://paranormalromance.org/pearl/2007pearls.php 2007 P.E.A.R.L Awards
  22. http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=2008 2008 Winners