Linda Nemec Foster has published thirteen collections of poetry, including Bone Country (Cornerstone Press), The Blue Divide, Amber Necklace from Gdańsk, and The Lake Michigan Mermaid (2019 Michigan Notable Book), which was created with co-author Anne-Marie Oomen and artist Meridith Ridl. Her work appears in magazines and journals such as The Georgia Review, Nimrod, New American Writing, North American Review, Witness, Verse Daily, and the Best Small Fictions Anthology 2022. She has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and awards from the Arts Foundation of Michigan, National Writer's Voice, Dyer-Ives Foundation, The Poetry Center (NJ), Fish Anthology (Ireland), and the Academy of American Poets. The first Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan (2003-2005), Foster is the founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College.
