Linda Murphy Marshall

Linda Murphy Marshall is a multi-linguist and writer with a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing. Her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery received a starred review from Kirkus. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming numerous publications, includingThe Los Angeles Review,The Catamaran Literary Reader, The Ocotillo Review, The Blue Earth Review, Maryland Literary Review, Under the Gum Tree, Critical Read, American Writers Review, Bacopa Literary Review, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, Sip Cup, Hobo Camp Review, Mom Egg Review and elsewhere. In addition, she was a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL), is an Associate for the National Museum of Language, a docent at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and served as Translation Editor at the Los Angeles Review. Her second memoir, Immersion: A Linguist's Memoir was published in 2024.

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In her work as a language analyst and translator, she worked with over fifteen languages for the U.S. Government, and worked as a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL). Working as an African language specialist, she co-authored a book on Xhosa, a South African “click” language, and acted as a consultant on another book on another South African “click” language, Sotho. In addition, she made over a dozen work trips to the continent of Africa and has visited/stayed in every continent but Antarctica.