Linda Tischler is a senior editor at Fast Company, where she writes about the intersection of business and design. For the past several years, she has been responsible for the magazine’s October “Master’s of Design” issue, which celebrates the people in the forefront of design thinking. She also oversees design coverage and blogs on Fastcompany.com, where she launched the site’s team of expert design bloggers.

Prior to joining Fast Company, Tischler was an editor at Boston Magazine, where she initiated the New England Design Awards, and launched the magazine’s special “Boston Home” section. She has also written on art and design for Metropolitan Home, the Boston Globe, Better Homes and Gardens, and Maybourne Style, and held editing and writing jobs at the Boston Herald and Microsoft’s sidewalk.com.

In 2006, Tischler won the Society of Professional Journalists top award for feature writing, and was a finalist for the 2007 “Mirror Awards” for best single story.

Linda holds a bachelor's degree, and two masters' degrees from Boston University. She is married to a college professor, and has two children.

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