Linda Harkey is an award winning children’s author. She is a past teacher and an enthusiastic hunting dog owner for over 30 years. She spent over 22 years as a volunteer docent at two outstanding museums in Oklahoma—The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Center and The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History. She was involved with the writing of curricula for children’s programs.
She has two children, three grandchildren and dogs. She lives with her husband (Michael) on Ocate Mesa in New Mexico.
Harkey has received many book awards for the Hickory Doc's Tales series.