The Literary Review published Linda Davis’ story “The True Definition of Fat†in their winter/09 issue and Gemini published “The Hygienist†in summer, 2012. She has been a finalist in several writing contests, including, Glimmer Train, New Millenium and her first novel, A Kiss Means Thank You, was a finalist in the James Jones First Novel Fellowship and the Hidden River Arts First Book Contest. She worked with Antonya Nelson at Bread Loaf and Brad Kessler at Antioch University where she received her MFA in 2007.