Linden is a freelance writer, editor and creative storyteller.

Since she was young, Linden has been fascinated by the written word — often choosing to curl up with a Judy Blume novel or a new issue of Marie Claire before glancing at homework. She lost herself in the captivating worlds created by Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott. She studied Diana Vreeland’s storied career, and she dreamed about having her own library à la Belle in “Beauty and the Beast.”

Linden received her degree in magazine journalism from the University of Missouri in 2010. Her career has taken her from internships at Steamboat Magazine and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine to editor positions at Southlake Style and PaperCity. She has interviewed Martha Stewart, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and designer Jenny Packham, among many others.

In addition to magazines, Linden has written copy for large international companies including Hunter Douglas Window Fashions and Page architecture firm. She’s called Texas, Colorado, and Europe home, crediting her continued love for storytelling to her experiences traveling the globe. When she isn’t writing, you can probably find her playing peek-a-boo with her son, snuggling with her two cats, or boarding a flight that’s heading somewhere new.

Notes & Anecdotes

Partial to ’60s/’70s/’80s hits on repeat

Wishes she could roll her Rs

Welcomed her son while living in Croatia

Favors fresh hydrangeas

Iconic ’90s rom-com “You’ve Got Mail” tops her list of feel-good films (“I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils …”)

Adores Giorgio Armani’s Si fragrance, although a recent visit to the Santa Maria Novella perfumery in Florence might sway her loyalty to Cinquanta

Fictional faves: Rory Gilmore, Sally Albright, Scarlett O’Hara