Linda LaRoche is a writer born in Pasadena, California; she grew up in the city, famous for its Rose Bowl, clouded smog and cultural uplift. 

 

She has been a grant recipient of the California Commission of the Arts, Multi-Cultural Grant and created, hosted and produced Latino Filmmakers for Channel 56 in Pasadena.  As Co-Producer of a short film, The Trouble with Tonia, she received recognition from the Whitney Museum in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the San Sebastian Festival in San Sebastian, Spain.  In addition, she was awarded as Producer the Silver Star Award from the Houston International Film Festival for Short Subjects.

She is the ghost-writer of Life Lessons from Little League, Sports Publishing, 1995.

LaRoche’s feature writing and columns have appeared, among other places, in the following publications:  Los Angeles Times; Sunday Arts section, Pasadena Star News, the Los Angeles Weekly, the California Apparel News, the Pasadena  Weekly, Downtown News, InStyle Magazine, Performing Arts Magazine and Whole Life Times.

 

LaRoche’s fiction and poetry has been published in Glimmer Train Press and a variety of other venues. She is the script-writer of the children’s film, At a Drop of a Hat, 1999.

Her writing encompasses public relations, screenwriting, treatments, professional content, web-content, fiction and non-fiction books and articles.

Her themes include the arts, women, travel, cooking, history, spirituality, and celebrating life.