Linnda Durré is a TV and radio talk show host, consultant, national speaker, published author, magazine and newspaper columnist, and frequent media guest and commentator. She has hosted two call-in TV shows, two call-in radio shows, and currently hosts “The Linnda Durré Show,” on 810AM WEUS, www.BIG810AM.com, interviewing celebrities and guests discussing people’s personal struggles in overcoming adversity and hardship, and their spiritual growth and awakening because of it. Listeners can call in to ask her guests questions.

She interviewed Beatles producer Sir George Martin for Forbes on line and her article and slide show appeared on their home page on January 11, 2008. Her other print, TV, and/or radio interviews include Arnold Palmer, Ruben Studdard, Peter Cetera, Ed Asner, Lou Gossett Jr.,  David Foster, Diane Ladd, Lainie Kazan, Barbara Orbison, Busta Rhymes, Angels and Airwaves, Joe Pantoliano, Lydia Cornell, Mike Medavoy, Barry Sandler, Ed Donovan, Dale Reynolds, JJ Ruscella, and others.

She sold a TV series to Aaron Spelling when she was only 22, and was reportedly the youngest woman who was admitted to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) at the time. She was also admitted to AFTRA as an actor/host, and to ASCAP as a lyricist. She has worked with various songwriters over the years and has written two of the songs for one of her TV series.

Born in New York City, and raised in New York and New Jersey, she did her undergraduate work in Human Development at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, and has studied psychology as well.

Voted “Best Personality” in 8^th grade, as well as “Most Versatile” and “Did Most for MHS,” in her high school poll, Linnda has been talking to people for years, listening, asking interesting questions about their childhood, education, life, adversity, and climb to success. How people overcome their struggles, challenges, and obstacles are as important to her as their spiritual growth and values.

A highly creative person, she has written and hosted for the Disney Channel, written seven full-length feature film scripts, four TV series, three plays, numerous treatments, short stories, and has had her poems and political cartoons published as well. She produced five short films, and was associate producer and creative consultant for former Broadway actress and ordained minister, Gretchen Van Aken’s one woman musical show, “Called Girl.”

She was accepted into Edward Albee’s Master Class in Playwrighting, for her original play, “The Viewing,” which she adapted into a short film, and directed and produced it as well. It was an official selection at Del Ray Beach Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, and it was a finalist in the Best of Florida / Made in Florida Film Festival.  It won two Crystal Reel Awards from the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association (FMPTA) – one for Best Short Script for her and one for Best Supporting Actress for Orlando actress, Sarah Benz Phillips.

She has written and sold jokes to comedians, and she has performed at open mike night at The Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd. in LA and at The Improv, as well as with an Orlando improv comedy group and at Creative Stages in Winter Park, FL.

She studied improv with Emmy Award winning director Michael Lembeck, his sister actress Helaine Lembeck, and the instructors at the legendary Lembeck Comedy Improv Workshop founded by their father, Harvey Lembeck (Sgt. Bilko, Mr. Roberts), in Beverly Hills. Her stand up routine was taped for Comedy Night School, now is on the National Lampoon Channel.

She writes a column called, “New Faces” for In Focus, Florida’s entertainment on-line magazine, which appears at www.infocus-magazine.com

Her paintings have been exhibited in juried exhibitions and gallery shows, and are in private collections around the country and in Europe. She has worked in oils, acrylics, and collage.

Her volunteer work includes: The Golden Rule Foundation, The Bridge Foundation, Harbor House-The Center Against Domestic Violence, Winter Park Tech, Strong on Self-Defense, Women’s Business Exchange, and New Jersey State Diagnostic Center where she ran art therapy workshops for teenage residents. She participated in Mentor Programs at five different high schools; and was a local coordinator for Bill Moyers’ PBS series, “Healing & the Mind.”

Her past and/or present listings and memberships include: Mensa, The World’s Who’s Who of Women, The World’s Who’s Who of Intellectuals, Who’s Who in the West, & Who’s Who in La Jolla.