An award-winning writer with pieces in the Washington Post, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and other publications, Linda's commitment to literacy led her to write columns, articles, and books on how to raise life-long readers. She combined her passion for history and strong women by creating a blog, www.strongwomeninhistory.com, which over 1450 readers follow in 64 countries. Linda's breakout novel, CUT FROM STRONG CLOTH, tells how Ellen Canavan tried to break the glass ceiling of the Philadelphia textile empire in 1861. The second novel, LAST CURTAIN CALL, follows a group of miners' wives battling a powerful coal company in Western Maryland in 1894. Her third novel, COUNTING CROWS, dives into the sweatshop scandals of New York City in 1918. All three books follow the saga of the Canavan family from Ireland and their part in American history. Linda's nonfiction book, B-52 DOWN! recounts the emotional story of the B-52 bomber that crashed in January of 1964 in a Maryland blizzard with a 5-man crew and two nuclear bombs on board. While families waited for news, 1000 volunteers searched for survivors. Linda's latest book, OPENING CLOSED DOORS, highlights an unsung hero of the early Civil Rights movement whose courage helped to force the desegregation of public libraries in Virginia.Linda lives with her husband in the Piedmont of North Carolina, where the Blue Ridge Mountains are the first to greet the dawn.Read more about this authorRead less about this author