Linda Uphill was born in Mount Gambier and moved to Adelaide in 2000. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of South Australia majoring in professional writing.
'In 1996 "Tears from Heaven" won Highly Commended Youth Short Story in the Max Harris Literacy awards, and her piece '"The Lambs" won second prize in the Auswrite Short Story Competition. Her poem "Green Roses" won the Friendly Street Spring Poetry Festival Prize in 1998 and was included in that year's Friendly Street Reader.' Source: www.friendlystreetpoets.org.au/ (Sighted 14/01/2008).
