Having drawn since the age of four, author-artist Linda M Brandt landed her first professional job, illustrating political cartoons at the age of nineteen. Her work has been displayed in prestigious venues such as The Louvre, Radio City (NY), Christ Episcopal Church, Haven Hospice, and various U.S. galleries. Many of her paintings are held in private collections around the world including the home of late President Ronald Reagan and past Ohio governor, George Voinovich. Linda is the only known survivor of a particularly rare and serious brain tumor. Following surgery to remove the tumor, she contracted spinal meningitis and spent two months in hospital critical care. It was during that time, while inside an MRI chamber, that Linda had the neardeath experience of which she writes in Throw Jonah from the Boat: My Journey Into the Belly of the Whale. With God's help and with the prayers and love of her family and friend, Linda spent the next three years learning to walk again, to drive again, and at last, to paint again. Collectors of her paintings believe her work is even more inspirational and dramatic than before as she emphasizes triumph over tragedy through her art. Linda's speaking engagements relate her experiences and how gratitude can affect a person's wellbeing, both now and in the hereafter.
