Linda McDonald's debut novel, Crimes of Redemption, was awarded the 2013 Oklahoma Book of the Year in Fiction. Her thrillers, In the Lion's Mouth and Here Comes the Night, are available as e-books exclusively on Amazon. Her new novel, To the Bone, is scheduled for release soon.McDonald has also written over a dozen screenplays which have been honored in writing competitions by Fade In magazine, Oklahoma Film Institute, National Broadcasters Association, Austin Film Festival, Best of the West, and Lone Star.Moonrats, a dark comedy about dysfunctional state politics, is scheduled for film release by Firefly Productions in 2015. Her plays have been produced in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Northampton, MA, and New York City. McDonald comes from the western plains of Oklahoma. She holds Master's degrees in Theater from Kansas University and in Creative Writing from the University of Central Oklahoma.