Linda Martin is co-publisher and editor at Night Parrot Press. She has extensive publishing experience, having held positions of senior in-house editor at UWA Publishing, production manager at Fremantle Press and having worked as a freelance editor for publishing houses including Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. She currently lectures in editing and publishing at Edith Cowan University (where she is also completing her PhD), and has lectured in publishing and writing at Curtin University and at the University of Western Australia. Linda is co-editor on 'Once: A selection of short short stories', 'Twice Not Shy', and 'Three Can Keep a Secret' (Night Parrot Press), 'maar bidi: next generation black writing' (Magabala Books) and is series editor for 'the little journal' (Writing WA). Her creative fiction and nonfiction writing has been published in Westerly, Cordite Scholarly and in international flash fiction journals. She is passionate about the publishing industry in Western Australia and enjoys mentoring emerging writers and editors. Linda lives in a Perth suburb in an old house with creaky floorboards and a rescue dog. When not reading, writing and editing, she enjoys catch-ups with friends and family, most particularly her son.