Linda McHenry is a writer, trainer, and consultant.
When asked to claim a superpower, she cites the ability to weave her writing and insurance expertise together in a tapestry of community and collective learning.
Her publishing credits includes books (fiction and nonfiction), magazine articles, a monthly newspaper column, short stories, career development workshops, and hundreds of insurance textbooks, courses (online, classoom, and webinar).
Linda’s extensive background as an insurance agency owner and licensed producer allows her to bring real-life experience into the classroom and her training and speaking endeavors–whether the setting is live or virtual. She doesn’t lecture, she tells stories … and enjoys a reputation for actively engaging her audience.
About the Books
Linda’s first mystery, Second Time Around, was nominated for a 2010 EPIC Award in the Best Mystery/Suspense category. The publisher passed away and the novel went out of print. Linda will republish it in the future.
Her next book, Taking the Mystery out of Business, was originally published in 2011. The Director of Career Advancement, College of Business, at the University of Montana (Missoula) hailed it as “an arsenal of tools and resources to help managers and their businesses succeed.” Linda updated the book and republished it in 2020. It is currently available on Amazon.
Linda’s short story, Mama, placed 15th in the the 17th Annual Writer’s Digest Short, Short Story Competition. One of more than 4,000 entries, Mama appears in the Competition Compilation as one of the top 25 stories published.
Magazine Articles
Over the years, Linda’s advice and perspectives on the subject of insurance have been sought by many organizations. She published numerous magazine articles, most notably for Rough Notes and the National Alliance’s magazine, Resources.
For eight years, Linda wrote Business Sense, a monthly newspaper column in Weekender, an entertainment periodical in Orlando, Florida. She was also a staff writer for Three Rivers Lifestyle, a magazine that celebrated the best of Montana.
Teaching & Speaking
Linda first become an approved insurance contining education (CE) instructor in 1997, when she joined the faculty of both the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents and the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research (now the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance). Since then, she has taught and continuies to teach CE classes for insurance providers, insurance companies, insurance agent associations, banks, and partner organizations. She also provides general insurance training for personnel employed by businesses that sell insurance.
Linda founded two insurance agencies and a company that offered insurance CE courses to the public. Pulling on her extensive experience as an entrepreneur and business owner, Linda provides career development workshops and trainings on a number of topics including entrepreneurship, networking, and sales.
As a published writer of fiction and nonfiction, Linda speaks at writer’s conferences, book clubs, libraries, and writing events.
