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Newly liberated after ending her toxic 25-year marriage to a controlling husband, Linda Magoon gradually regained her independence and rediscovered her love of hiking in the White Mountains. She set a goal to climb all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot and higher peaks. With every upward stride, Magoon cautiously rebuilt her life — and wrote about it in her travel memoir, Live Free and Hike: Finding Grace on 48 Summits  (Kearsarge Publishing LLC).

“Linda Magoon's gritty, well-written tale, leavened with good humor, is about hiking, yes, but also about coping with disbelief, grief and guilt, and, in the end, finding grace. (It’s) a compelling read,” says Steven D. Smith, co-author of The 4000-Footers of the White Mountains.

Linda is an environmentalist and outdoor enthusiast who writes and empowers others on the mental and physical health benefits of the outdoors. Her essays on the outdoors have been published in Mountain Passages, The Merrimack Valley Voice and in Smoky Quartz, New Hampshire’s state literary magazine. She is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and NH Writers' Project.