{{short description|American novelist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
'''Linda Castillo''' is an American author of novels including ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-07-11/hardcover-fiction/list.html New York Times Best Seller list], July 11, 2010.</ref> and ''USA Today''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shamed – USA TODAY's |url=https://booklist.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/shamed/2444877/isbn/9781250142887/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=booklist.usatoday.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Gathering of Secrets – USA TODAY's |url=https://booklist.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/a-gathering-of-secrets/2444877/isbn/9781250121332/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=booklist.usatoday.com |language=en-US}}</ref> bestselling ''Kate Burkholder'' series, which are crime thrillers set in Amish country. The first book, ''Sworn to Silence'' (2009), was adapted into a Lifetime original movie titled ''An Amish Murder'' starring Neve Campbell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Amish Murder: About |url=https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/an-amish-murder |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Lifetime |language=en}}</ref> She has also written numerous romance and romantic suspense novels. Castillo grew up in Arcanum, Ohio<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff Reports |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Arcanum High School grad and author Linda Castillo appears at book signing for latest Amish thriller |url=https://www.dailyadvocate.com/2017/10/31/arcanum-high-school-grad-and-author-linda-castillo-appears-at-book-signing-for-latest-amish-thriller/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Daily Advocate & Early Bird News |language=en-US}}</ref> and now lives in Texas with her husband.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Times Best Selling Auth |url=https://www.lindacastillo.com/about_linda.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.lindacastillo.com}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== Castillo is the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense |url=https://www.rwakissofdeath.org/kodcontest/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Kiss of Death |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RWA® Mystery/Suspense Chapter presents The Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense Published Division 2012 Results |url=http://wordpress.rwakissofdeath.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2012PubFinalists.pdf |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Kiss of Death}}</ref> and the Holt Medallion. She has been nominated for the RITA Award, for the Mystery Writers of America's Sue Grafton Memorial Award,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 22, 2022 |title=MWA Announces the 2020 Edgar Nominations |url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2020-edgar-nominations/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Mystery Writers of America}}</ref> and for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Hardcover.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Nominees and Winners |url=https://thrillerwriters.org/programs/past-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=International Thriller Writers |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Publications== ===''Kate Burkholder'' series=== # ''Sworn to Silence'', Minotaur Books, 2009, {{ISBN|0-312-37497-6}}<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312374976 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> # ''Pray for Silence'', Minotaur Books, 2010, {{ISBN|0312374984}} / {{ISBN|9780312374983}}<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312374983 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> # ''Breaking Silence'', Minotaur Books, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-312-37499-0}}<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312374990 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> # ''Gone missing'', Minotaur Books, 2012, {{ISBN|978-0-312-65856-4}} # ''Her Last Breath'', Minotaur Books, 2013, {{ISBN|978-0-312-65857-1}} # ''The Dead Will Tell'', Minotaur Books, 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-250-02957-7}} # ''After the Storm'', Minotaur Books, 2015, {{ISBN|9781250061560}} # ''Among the Wicked'', Minotaur Books, 2016, {{ISBN|9781250061577}} # ''Down a Dark Road'', Minotaur Books, 2017, {{ISBN|978-1250121288}} # ''A Gathering of Secrets'', Minotaur Books, 2018, {{ISBN|9781250121318}} #''Shamed'', Minotaur Books, 2019, {{ISBN|9781250142863}} #''Outsider'', Minotaur Books, 2020, {{ISBN|9781250142894}} #''Fallen'', Minotaur Books, 2021, {{ISBN|9781250142924}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/linda-castillo/fallen-castillo/ |title=FALLEN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> #''The Hidden One'', Minotaur Books, 2022, {{ISBN|9781250781055}} #''An Evil Heart'', Minotaur Books, 2023, {{ISBN|9781250906823}} #''The Burning'', Minotaur Books, 2024, {{ISBN|9781250781116}} #''Rage'', Minotaur Books, 2025, {{ISBN|978-1250781154}} ==== Kate Burkholder Short Stories ====
*Collected in ''A Simple Murder'', Minotaur Books, 2021, {{ISBN|9781250783615}} **''Long Lost'', Minotaur Books, 2013, {{ISBN|9781466836884}} **''A Hidden Secret'', Minotaur Books, 2015, {{ISBN|9781250082008}} **''Seeds of Deception'', Minotaur Books, 2016, {{ISBN|9781250112552}} **''Only the Lucky'', Minotaur Books, 2017, {{ISBN|9781250157560}} **''In Dark Company'', Minotaur Books, 2018, {{ISBN|9781250314161}} **''In Plain Sight'', Minotaur Books, 2019, {{ISBN|9781250246417}} *''The Pact'', Minotaur Books, 2020, {{ISBN|9781250776457}} *''Disappeared'', Minotaur Books, 2021, {{ISBN|9781250824554}} *''Blood Moon'', Minotaur Books, 2022, {{ISBN|9781250871909}}
===Other books=== * ''Remember the Night'' (Men in Blue), Silhouette, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0373270781}} * ''Cops and … Lovers?'', Silhouette, 2001, {{ISBN|0373271557}} / {{ISBN|9780373271559}} * ''Hero to Hold'', Silhouette, 2001, {{ISBN|0373271727}} ({{ISBN|9780373271726}}) * ''Just a Little Bit Dangerous'', Silhouette, 2002, {{ISBN|978-0373272150}} * ''The Perfect Victim'', Jove Books, 2002, {{ISBN|0-515-13370-1}} * ''A Cry in the Night'', Harlequin, 2003, {{ISBN|9780373272563}} * ''Midnight Run'', Silhouette, 2003, {{ISBN|978-0373273294}} * ''The Phoenix Encounter'', Silhouette, 2003, {{ISBN|9780373272785}} * ''The Shadow Side'', Berkley, 2003, {{ISBN|978-0425191026}} * ''Uncharted Waters'', Harlequin, 2003, {{ISBN|9780373613816}} * ''Fade to Red'', Berkley, 2004, {{ISBN|978-0425196571}} * ''Dead Reckoning'', Berkley Sensation, 2005, {{ISBN|978-0425207208}} * ''Depth Perception'', Berkley, 2005, {{ISBN|978-0425201091}} * ''Operation: Midnight Cowboy'', Harlequin, 2005, {{ISBN|978-0373692309}} * ''Operation: Midnight Escape'', Harlequin, 2005, {{ISBN|978-0373228904}} * ''Operation: Midnight Tango'', Harlequin, 2005, {{ISBN|9781459228566}} * ''Operation: Midnight Guardian'', Harlequin, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0373229208}} * ''Operation: Midnight Rendezvous'', Harlequin, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0373229406}} * ''A Whisper in the Dark'', Berkley Sensation, 2006, {{ISBN|042521138X}} * ''A Baby Before Dawn'', Harlequin, 2007, {{ISBN|9780373692675}} * ''In the Dead of the Night'', Harlequin, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0373692873}} * ''Overkill'', Berkley Trade, 2007, {{ISBN|9780425218297}}
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