Linda O. Johnston
http://www.lindaojohnston.com
Linda O. Johnston's first published fiction appeared
in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Robert
L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short
Story of the Year. Since then, Linda has had several
more short stories published, plus eleven romance
novels, including romantic suspense for Harlequin
Intrigue, and a novella. Her short story "Love on
Sunset Boulevard" is included in the Sisters in Crime,
Los Angeles Chapter's anthology Murder on Sunset
Boulevard. A practicing attorney, Linda juggles her busy schedule
between mornings of writing briefs, contracts and
other legalese, and afternoons of creating memorable
tales of romantic suspense and other fiction. Armed
with an undergraduate degree in journalism with an
advertising emphasis from Pennsylvania State
University, Linda began her versatile writing career
running a small newspaper, then working in advertising
and public relations, and later obtaining her JD
degree from Duquesne University School of Law in
Pittsburgh. Linda has taught romance writing at California State
University Northridge College of Extended Learning.
She has also spoken at several chapters of the Romance
Writers of America and other writers' groups,
libraries and bookstores. Linda is a member of the Mystery Writers of America
and Sisters in Crime and also belongs to Romance
Writers of America, participating in the Los Angeles,
Orange County, and Kiss of Death (romantic suspense)
chapters. Linda writes the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery
series published by Berkley Prime Crime. Kendra is an
attorney who lives in the hills above the San Fernando
Valley with her tricolor Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Lexie. Linda is also an attorney who lives in the
hills overlooking the Valley, and her tricolor
Cavalier just happens to be named Lexie.
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Books
Beaglemania
(A Pet Rescue Mystery #1)
March 1, 2011
Lauren Vancouver is the head of HotRescues, a no-kill animal
shelter north of Los Angeles, but it’s often human
nature that puts her in the path of danger. Just like when
she helps Read more...
Feline Fatale
(A Kendra Ballantine, Pet-Sitter Mystery #9)
July 6, 2010
While visiting her friend Wanda, Kendra Ballantyne sets off
a squabble over the building’s animal policy. One week
later, an anti-pet board member is found dead in
Wanda’s apartment. Now, Kendra must start Read more...
Howl Deadly
(A Kendra Ballantine, Pet-Sitter Mystery #8)
December 1, 2009
Kendra's weekend getaway with gorgeous millionaire Dante
DeFrancisco turns chilling when a mother she-wolf goes
missing from Dante's pet sanctuary. Now Kendra must find
her—along with a killer hiding right before her eyes. Read more...
Awakening the Beast
(A Collection of Six Sexy Bites)
September 29, 2009
Enter the darkly seductive world that exists within Nocturne
Bites' with tales woven by some of the most spellbinding
authors: Lisa Renee Jones, Olivia Gates, Linda O. Johnston,
Barbara J. Hancock, Caridad Piñeiro Read more...
Never Say Sty
(A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #7)
April 7, 2009
Murder muddies up the new Pet-Sitter mystery.
Already an L.A. attorney and pet-sitter, Kendra's taken on a
third job, masterminding a new reality show called "Animal
Auditions." But things get messier than the Read more...
Double Dog Dare
(A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #6)
June 3, 2008
A new breed of evil lurks in the latest Pet-Sitter
mystery.
Kendra's boyfriend, Jeff, is missing, his car submerged in a
canal. Panicked inquiries lead her to Jeff's aunt, whose dog
died when someone Read more...
The Fright of the Iguana
(A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #5)
October 2, 2007
The petnapping of a puppy and an iguana leads Kendra
Ballantyne to her Southern California pet-sitting club,
where she learns of other foul play. Then a fellow
pet-sitter turns up bludgeoned to death. Read more...
Meow is for Murder
(A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #4)
February 6, 2007
Another purr-fect Pet Sitting mystery.
The last thing pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne wants is to
start a catfight with her boyfriend's ex-wife, Amanda. So
she agrees to help when Amanda's stalker turns up Read more...
Fine-Feathered Death
(A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #3)
May 2, 2006
Kendra Ballantyne's law license is back! Now she litigates
commercial cases, practices pet law, and still pet-sits on
the side.
When a lawyer from her new firm is murdered, the only
witness is Read more...
Nothing to Fear But Ferrets
(A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery #2)
August 2, 2005
Attorney-turned-freelance-pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne has
found a corpse in a client's apartment, and it's up to her
to prove the innocence of the obvious suspects: her client's
furry ferrets. Read more...
Sit, Stay, Slay
January 1, 2005
Canned from her L.A. law firm, Kendra Ballantyne is now a
freelance pet-sitter. When her clients start getting
knocked off one by one, Kendra fears she's being set up.
Aided Read more...
Lawful Engagement
(#786 Shotgun Sallys)
July 13, 2004
Fledgling reporter Cara Hamilton had just landed the story
of her life. But it was the aggravating — yet oh-so-
appealing — Deputy Mitch Steele trailing her every step of
the Read more...
Guardian of Her Heart
February 1, 2004
He'd been assigned to shadow Dianna Englander's every move
and keep the young widow safe from the murderer who killed
her politician husband. Piece of cake if veteran cop Travis Read more...
Special Agent Nanny
(Colorado Confidential)
September 1, 2003
Tough-guy agent Shawn Jameson work in a hospital day care?
If it would help him to catch an arsonist, he'd give it a
shot. Rumors hinted that Dr. Kelley Stanton Read more...
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