LINDA BUCKINGHAM is an entrepreneur, creative artist, and writer. She is the owner of several cottage industries including, Beautiful Boat Crafts, a cottage industry specializing in sailor's ropework kits and other nautical items, and Linda Buckingham's Cat Toys. She has also owned and operated several successful businesses, including Brocklin Toys Ltd.(co-owner), Paws to Remember, and Buckingham Stencils Inc. (co-owner). Her publications include Beautiful Boat Crafts, Projection Art for Kids and best seller Projection Stenciling. All three are published by Hartley and Marks.

She and her husband, Greg Deacon, live on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, where their beachcombing pastime has lead to the introduction of a new business, Sticks and Stones. Crafted from driftwood and beach stones collected on local beaches, Sticks and Stones creations are truly one of a kind.

A self-described "talent-free" artist, Linda has conducted painting seminars across North America, and has demonstrated her painting techniques on many popular television shows including Discovery Network’s Home, Debbie Travis’ Painted House, and Sue Warden’s, Craftscapes.