About Linda Barnard

A National Newspaper Awards-winning career journalist, Linda is a former staff writer at the Toronto Star. She's a Victoria B.C.-based journalist who writes about travel and food She specializes in stories about people and places, written in a way that inspires curious travellers. She also writes stories for the modern luxury traveller, where the thread count of hotel sheets is less important than access to extraordinary experiences. Linda is a member of the Travel Media Association of Canada, the Society of American Travel Writers, the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association and the Toronto Film Critics Association.