Linda Lee

A writer of multiple interests, Linda Lee was an editor at The New York Times for 17 years, serving in such departments as business, Arts & Leisure, and the Home section. Her reported stories about ADD, learning disabilities and classroom accommodations for the "Education Life" section turned into the book "Success Without College." She worked with a noted feminist, Dolores French, on Dolores's autobiography "Working, My Life as a Prostitute," and with James Charlton on the send up "The Hand Book." Her first published book with the acclaimed thriller "One by One," published by Simon & Schuster, a book that predicted biological terrorism. Her biography of Tom Hanks was the first in the People magazine series of celebrity bios. Finally, her autobiography, "Out of Wedlock: A Love Story," documented her (at the time) highly unusual decision to have an intentional child as a middle class single mother. Following her career at The New York Times, she started a respected design magazine, "Florida InsideOut," in Miami. These days she writes about design, landscape architecture, international architects, and also writes stories for the New York Times Sunday Styles section. Her most widely read article for styles went viral with the story of the feeding tube bride, just one approach some women took to lose weight before their weddings.

She was born in North Branch, Minnesota, attended the University of Minnesota and Columbia University, lived for many years in New York, moved to Miami and now lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.