You might
meet Shirley Linde on a boat going up the Amazon, feeding lemurs off
Madagascar, walking a beach in the Bahamas, cruising in the Med, or
visiting Alaska, the Galapagos, Costa Rica, the Seychelles 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,
The Charleston Program and others.
Linde is
internationally 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. Probably best known in the campaign for patient power was her
book The Whole Health Catalogue. Her articles have appeared in many
national magazines such as 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. Many of her stories and excerpts from her books have been used
in schools and for adult literacy classes.
Linde is
also well known for her travel writing and is an author of, or contributor to,
The Insiders Guide to the 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.
Linde has been a significant influence
within both the journalism and the medical and travel 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's "When Scientists
Meet the Press". She also is a member or past member of the
American Society of Journalists and Authors, Society of American Travel
Writers, Authors Guild, International Food, Wine and Travel Writers
Association and 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 many service awards in communications, and is listed in Who's
Who in America, World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who
of Contemporary Authors, and Foremost Women of the 20th Century.