Linda Aksomitis

Linda Aksomitis
Born	Linda Demyen (1954-08-07) 7 August 1954 (age 70)
Pen name	Sunflower Sue
Occupation	Photojournalist
Nationality	Canada
Website
www.aksomitis.com

Linda Aksomitis, née Demyen (born 7 August 1954), is a Canadian author specialising in children's and travel literature, as well as nonfiction about the history of the snowmobile. She is a former president of the Saskatchewan Writer's Guild.

After a career that spanned more than 35+ paying jobs, Aksomitis now works as a full-time writer and writing instructor.^[1] She is also a photojournalist, and schoolteacher in Canada.

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, during her early teens, she wrote poetry under the pseudonym Sunflower Sue as occasionally published in The Western Producer magazine.

Aksomitis lives in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan.

• L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet, Sleeping Bear Press, 2010; illustrated by Lorna Bennett^[2] ISBN 978-1-58536-490-9
• Longhorns and Outlaws. Coteau Books, 2008. ISBN 1-55050-378-2
• Adeline's Dream. Coteau Books, 2005. ISBN 1-55050-323-5
• Backroad Mapbook: Southern Saskatchewan. Mussio Ventures, 2005. ISBN 1-894556-65-8
• Backroad mapbook: Nova Scotia. Mussio Ventures, 2005. ISBN 1-894556-83-6
• Illustrated Guide to Snowmobile Racing. Iconografix, 2006. ISBN 1-58388-170-0
• Snowmobile Adventures: The Incredible Canadian Success Story from Bombardier to the Villeneuves. Altitude, 2006. ISBN 1-55153-954-3
• Teacher's Guide for Snowmobile Challenge and Amazing Stories: Snowmobile Adventures. Altitude, 2006. ISBN 0-9734387-1-1

• Official website
• Linda Aksomitis at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP.org)
• Review of Illustrated Guide to Snowmobile Racing in CM magazine
• Review of L is for Land of Living Skies in the Billings Gazette
• Linda Aksomitis at Library of Congress, with 8 library catalogue records