Linda Gambill

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Chattanooga, TN
Tennessee US
Email: 
[email protected]
Website: 
www.lindagambill.com/

Author's Bio

Linda Gambill has been a therapist at a state psychiatric hospital, a Peace Corps volunteer, a nationally exhibited photographer, and a teacher of English as a Second Language. She is the author of The Geography of Desire: A Memoir of West Africa (Apprentice House Press, 2026). Her writing has appeared in Persimmon Tree and Parhelion Literary, and is forthcoming in Allium: A Journal of Poetry and Prose. A fellow of the Hambidge Center, she lives in the South with her husband and their overly talkative rescue cat.

 

Writers Retreats: 
Hambidge Creative Residency Program

Publications & Prizes

Book:
The Geography of Desire: A Memoir of West Africa (Apprentice House Press, 2026)
Journals:
Parhelion Literary Magazine
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Persimmon Tree

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
L. Frank Baum, Jane Austen, John LeCarré, Mary Karr
What I'm reading now: 
When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham, The Hunger Book by Agata Izabela Brewer, Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
Charleston, WV
West Virginia
Raised in: 
Oak Ridge, TN
Tennessee
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Last update: Aug 06, 2026