Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Children’s Books

Linda Jump, retired television and Gannett newspaper journalist, has published six nonfiction books and edited more than three dozen others. These include The Lighting of the Acolyte, a book of church bloopers, and a children’s photo book, Ethan Egret’s Family Album.

Linda facilitates classes to assist senior adults in writing their memoirs, using the textbook she authored, retitled Five Steps to Your Memoir. Linda’s photographs and bylines, including cover stories, have appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers, including USA TODAY and FLORIDA TODAY. The theme park junkie currently writes for Senior Life and Viera Voice.

Linda, an upstate New York transplant, lives in Palm Bay with naughty cats Hop and Skip Jump. Now she’s trying to “walk the walk” by completing her own memoir.