About the Author/Photographer Linda Jump

Linda Jump, photojournalist, is also the best selling author of the book of church bloopers, The Lighting of the Acolyte. Linda is an Empire State College graduate with an M.A. in Culture and Policy Studies. Her career as a photographer and reporter spans three decades with news presses in New York and Florida. Linda’s photographs and bylines have appeared in dozens of magazines, newspapers such as USA and FLORIDA TODAY, and online news sources including the Associated Press.

Linda and her husband Dick, a retired technology teacher, live in Palm Bay, Florida. She is a fun-loving grandmother of two who is active in church and nature groups, and makes time weekly to visit theme parks.

As an accomplished nature photographer, her limited-edition photographs are in demand. Linda’s first children’s book Ethan Egret’s Family Album was released November 1, 2010. She also is the author of From Memoirs to Memories Using the Jump Start method.

She co-facilitates a class, titled Writing Your Life, for the Shepherd’s Center of South Brevard, Florida. The class encourages elder students to write their memoirs.