About Linda
My Story
Linda L. Parham is a faith-filled storyteller, creative designer, and devoted mother whose writing celebrates the beauty found in family, faith, and everyday moments. Her stories are shaped by genuine emotion, tender relationships, gentle humor, and a deeply held belief that God’s grace can bring healing, hope, and new beginnings—even after life’s most difficult seasons.
Her debut novel, Ashes and Sunflowers, was inspired in part by her daughters, Amber and Ashley. Amber, who is autistic and has intellectual disabilities, brings a unique perspective, honesty, and joy to Linda’s life, while her younger sister, Ashley, shares a loving and protective bond with her. Their relationship helped inspire the themes of sisterhood, acceptance, resilience, and unconditional love that are woven throughout Linda’s storytelling.
With a background in creative design and a special love for sunflowers, Linda brings warmth, color, and heartfelt detail to the worlds she creates. Her writing honors motherhood, family relationships, people with special needs, and the quiet ways faith carries us through both joyful and difficult seasons.
At the heart of Linda’s stories are characters who feel real—people who love deeply, make mistakes, face uncertainty, laugh together, grieve together, and sometimes have to find the courage to begin again. Their journeys reflect the strength of the human spirit and the comfort of knowing that God remains present even when the road ahead is unclear.
Linda writes for readers who enjoy emotional, faith-filled stories about family, healing, second chances, and hope. Her books carry a simple message close to her heart: even from the ashes of sorrow, hope can bloom again—and broken things can still grow toward the light.
Personal Life
Away from writing, Linda L. Parham’s greatest joy is her family. She has been married to her husband, Kenneth, for 30 years, and together they have built a life centered on love, faith, family, and the everyday moments that often become the most treasured memories.
Linda is the proud mother of two daughters, Amber and Ashley. Motherhood has been one of the greatest influences in both her life and her writing. Amber is autistic and has intellectual disabilities, and Linda’s experiences as her mother have given her a deep appreciation for the unique gifts and value of people with special needs. She is passionate about advocating for individuals with disabilities and believes strongly that every person deserves to be seen, respected, included, and loved for exactly who they are. Ashley, Linda’s younger daughter, shares a close and loving bond with her sister, and watching that relationship through the years has been a beautiful reminder of the strength of family and unconditional love.
Linda’s Christian faith is at the center of her life. Through seasons of happiness, change, loss, and uncertainty, she has found strength in God and believes that faith does not mean life will always be easy—it means we never have to walk through it alone. Many of the themes found in her novels grew from lessons she has learned through her own experiences with family, grief, love, forgiveness, and hope.
An animal lover at heart, Linda also considers her pets an important part of the family. Her home is shared with her dogs, Logan and Abby, and her cats, Salem, Louie, and Molly—each with enough personality to occasionally provide inspiration for the four-legged characters and humorous moments that find their way into her stories.
Linda has a special place in her heart for children, the elderly, animals, and individuals with special needs. She treasures simple things: time with family, meaningful memories, creativity, laughter, and the peaceful beauty of nature. A cabin tucked away in the mountains is her idea of a perfect place to find quiet, reflection, and inspiration.
Life has taught Linda that joy and sorrow can exist side by side, that family is precious, and that some of our greatest strength is discovered during seasons we never would have chosen for ourselves. Those truths influence not only the stories she writes but also the way she tries to live her life.
Above all, Linda hopes to leave behind something meaningful—through the family she loves, the people she encourages, and the stories she shares. Faith, family, compassion, and hope remain at the heart of who she is, both on and off the page.
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever" --Psalm 107:1
Linda Parham
Why She Writes
For Linda L. Parham, writing is about more than telling a good story. It is a way to share the things closest to her heart—faith, family, compassion, hope, and the belief that every life has value and every story matters.
Much of Linda’s inspiration comes from her own experiences as a wife and mother. Raising her daughters, Amber and Ashley, has taught her about unconditional love, resilience, acceptance, and finding joy in moments others might overlook. Amber’s journey with autism and intellectual disabilities has especially strengthened Linda’s desire to create characters with special needs who are portrayed with dignity, personality, humor, and purpose—not simply defined by a disability.
Linda also writes because she understands that life can hold both beauty and heartache. She has experienced seasons of love and laughter as well as grief and change, and those experiences have taught her that hope does not disappear simply because life becomes difficult. Sometimes hope is quiet. Sometimes it takes time to recognize. But through faith, love, and God’s grace, it can bloom again.
Her Christian faith is at the heart of the stories she tells. Linda wants readers to encounter characters who struggle with real emotions and real circumstances while discovering that God is present in ordinary moments as well as extraordinary ones. She hopes her books offer encouragement without pretending that every problem has an easy answer.
Most of all, Linda writes for the reader who may need a reminder that difficult chapters are not necessarily the end of the story.
If someone closes one of her books feeling a little less alone, a little more hopeful, or a little more aware of God’s grace in their own life, then Linda feels the story has accomplished something meaningful.
She writes because stories can comfort, connect, encourage, and remind us that even after the storm, there is always a reason to turn toward the lig
