# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linda-castillo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:13.781Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linda-castillo"
name: "Linda Castillo"
slug: "linda-castillo"
description: "Linda Castillo is an American author of novels including The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Kate Burkholder series, which are crime thrillers set in Amish country. The first book, Sworn to Silence (2009), was adapted into a Lifetime original movie titled An Amish Murder starring Neve Campbell. She has also written numerous romance and romantic suspense novels. Castillo grew up in Arcanum, Ohio and now lives in Texas with her husband."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-11-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.45
  momentum:             1.590339625580973
  historical:           8.611669333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7845554/"
    handle:    "nm7845554"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lindacastillo.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/892d0d4c-d8d6-4775-b366-d126b7a890c3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ليندا كاستيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ليندا كاستيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Castillo"
    title: "Linda Castillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Castillo"
    title: "Linda Castillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Castillo"
    title: "Linda Castillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Castillo"
    title: "Linda Castillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Castillo"
    title: "Linda Castillo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linda_Castillo"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6551445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1901691"
    title: "Linda Castillo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump