Linda Breen Pierce

Linda Breen Pierce is a writer, keynote speaker and workshop leader in the areas of voluntary simplicity and work/life balance. She is the author of Choosing Simplicity, which recounts her three-year evaluation of more than 200 people—from 40 states and eight countries—who have experimented with simplifying their lives. She shares the inspiring stories of these people in her writing, speaking, and workshops. Pierce also developed and maintains The Simplicity Resource Guide. In addition to her speeches and workshops, she has written or been featured in more than two dozen magazine and newspaper articles, and she has been a guest on a similar number of radio and television programs. She has a degree in African Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and a law degree from Hastings College of the Law.