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BIOGRAPHY
You might
meet Shirley Linde on a boat going up the Amazon, feeding lemurs in
Madagascar, on a beach in the Bahamas, cruising the Med, or
visiting Alaska, the Galapagos, Costa Rica, and other
exotic places. Or you might meet her at a medical convention catching up
on the latest research for a new medical book.
Shirley
Linde is a well-known author whose books have been translated into a dozen
languages around the world. She has written for major magazines, made many
appearances on radio and television, and is author of 37 books, including
best-sellers No More Sleepless Nights, Dr. Atkins' Superenergy Diet,
and The Charleston Program.
Linde has
written in many areas, but is especially known for her medical writing.
She contributed much to the knowledge and understanding of the public
about science and was a pioneer in the concept of self-help and the power
of patients, particularly shown in her popular book The Whole Health Catalogue. Her
medical articles have appeared in many magazines, including Readers Digest, Ladies Home Journal, Good
Housekeeping and Family Circle. Her books have had such publishers
as Crown, Bantam, Harper and Row, John Wiley & Sons, and Simon &
Schuster. She is editor of
MedicalInformationCenter.org. Many of her articles and books have been used
in schools and for adult literacy classes.
Linde is
also known for her travel writing and is an author of, or contributor to,
The Insiders Guide to World's Most Exciting Cruises, The World's
Most Intimate Cruises and Great Voyages of the World; and she is
currently editor and owner of SmallShipCruises.com, a website with
information on small ships around the world, and the website
cruiserecipes.net.
Linde has been a significant influence
within both the journalism and the medical professions in her years as a
writer, having been on the executive boards of the National Association
of Science Writers and the American Medical Writers Association and an
originator of seminars to improve communication between scientists and
writers, such as the National Science Foundation "When Scientists
Meet the Press" held in Chicago. She also is a member or past member of
the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Society of American
Travel Writers, Authors Guild, International Food, Wine and Travel Writers
Association, Society of Professional Journalists, and the North American Travel
Journalists Association. She was director of public relations at
Northwestern University Medical and Dental Schools in Chicago, and served
as public relations consultant to hospitals, universities, medical
associations, government agencies and corporations.
She has
received several outstanding service awards in communications, and is
listed in Who's Who in America, the World Who's Who of Woman, Who's Who
of Contemporary Authors, and Foremost Women of the 20th Century. She
has lived in Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and on an outisland in the
Bahamas, and now lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Curriculum Vitae
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