Linda Parker is an independent scholar and author. Her main writing focus is on army chaplaincy in both world wars (see
linda-parker.co.uk ), and her main historical interests lie in 20th century military, social and religious history but she also has a keen interest in the history of polar exploration.
She enjoys travelling at home and abroad to present papers at conferences on a variety of topics related to her writing interests. Her hobbies include walking, preferably in cold places, and one of her ambitions is to travel to Antarctica.
She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and the Western Front Association, the American Commission for Military History, the Society for Military History and co-founder of The British Modern Military History Society. She is a trustee of the Toc H movement.
Nearer My God to Thee is her sixth book for Helion & Co.