S.L. Linton grew up in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, where she was fed a steady diet of catfish and tall tales. Her first bit of creative writing was poetry before eventually diving into fantasy. But her fascination with the strange and supernatural never left her, eventually leading her to write fiction one fellow writer termed “creep-warming” (creepy, but also weirdly heartwarming).
Her favorite authors are Anne McCaffrey, Robin McKinley, Brent Weeks, and whatever latest novel she’s read that she really, really liked (as of this writing, that would be Jeff Vandermeer).
Linton still lives in South Carolina with her husband, Brad, and their black cat Elvira.