Linda Simon (born 12 December 1946) is professor emerita of English at Skidmore College.
At Skidmore, she taught in two abroad programs in London and Paris, where she conducted research for a biography of Coco Chanel.
Simon is drawn to biographical subjects who defied expectations in forging their identity and life path, including Toklas, the philosopher and psychologist William James, and fashion designer Coco Chanel.
Genuine Reality: A Life of William James was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of 1997.
Her research for a cultural history, Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-ray, was supported by a grant from the American Philosophical Society.