LINDA-MARIE BARRETT se otè liv Creating a Salon: The Magic of Conversations That Matter (Agate Surrey). Li se yon ekriven, yon editè, ak yon pwofesyonèl nan endistri liv la ki kounye a sèvi kòm direktè egzekitif Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA). Li te edite epi kontribye nan woman seri ki pi vann nan rejyon an, Naked Came the Leaf Peeper: A Novel, ke Elizabeth Gilbert, otè Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, te dekri kòm “yon flou, yon bri, yon gwo istwa lokal, ak yon vrè plezi.” Barrett ap òganize Salon Black Swan li a depi 2017. Li viv ak mari li nan Asheville, Kawolin di Nò.