Question: What state was the author of "To Die For" born?
Context: Armin Maiwald, born January 23, 1940 in Cologne, is a German author, television director and producer.  Maiwald is one of the founders of the award-winning German children's television program, "Die Sendung mit der Maus".  Often just called "Die Maus" ("The Mouse"), the program has been on the air since March 1971 and is one of the most successful children's television programs ever produced.  Maiwald has won over 50 awards for his work. Daniel Kehlmann (born 13 January 1975) is a German-language author of both Austrian and German nationality.  His work "Die Vermessung der Welt" (translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway as "Measuring the World", 2006) is the best selling novel in the German language since Patrick Süskind's "Perfume" was released in 1985.  Kehlmann's works, and in particular "Die Vermessung der Welt", are heavily influenced by magical realism and represent a dramatic shift from the goals of the influential Group 47.  He was awarded the Heimito von Doderer Prize for the novel. Linda S. Howington (born August 3, 1950 in Alabama, United States) is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard.  Before she became a writer, she was an avid reader and fond of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.  After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful.  She currently lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F. Howington, and two golden retrievers.  She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren. Prato is the common name for a traditional Austrian cookbook first published in 1858 by Katharina Prato (1818–97, born Polt) as The South German Cuisine.  It became popular under the name The Large Prato ("Die grosse Prato") and appeared in 80 editions as well as several translations until 1957.  In 1931 V. Leitmaier, the granddaughter of the author, published a shortened version called The Small Prato("Die kleine Prato"). Klaus Bachmann (born 1963, Bruchsal), journalist, writer, historian and political scientist, author of books and writings on German, Austrian and Polish culture, history and politics, as well as on the European Union and German-Polish as well as Polish-Ukrainian relations.  In 1988, Bachmann settled in Poland and began to write on a regular basis for various Austrian and German newspapers and weeklies ("Die Presse", "Falter", "Die Tageszeitung"), reporting on the revolutionary and evolutionary political, economic, social and cultural changes in the post-Soviet bloc countries.  Since 1989, he worked as the accredited foreign correspondent based in Poland, and also from 1992, in Kiev, Minsk and Vilnius.  During the mid-90s he wrote for a Berlin daily, "Der Tagesspiegel", for "Die Stuttgarter Zeitung", "Die Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung", and also for Polish mainstream newspapers and weeklies ("Rzeczpospolita", "Polityka", and "Tygodnik Powszechny"). Clemens Meyer (born 3 October 1977 in Halle an der Saale, then East Germany) is a German writer.  He is the author of "Als wir träumten" ("As We Were Dreaming", 2006), "Die Nacht, die Lichter" ("All the Lights", 2008), and "Gewalten" ("Acts of Violence", 2010).  "All the Lights" was translated into English and published by And Other Stories in 2011. Malte Herwig (born 2 October 1972) is a German-born author, journalist, and literary critic.  His articles have appeared widely in U.S., British and German publications, including The New York Times, The Observer, Vanity Fair, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.  He studied German Literature, History and Politics at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, and Mainz, and is a former Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.  In 2008, Herwig was the first to publish some of Vladimir Nabokov's original index cards from the author's last unfinished novel The Original of Laura.  In the accompanying article, Herwig concluded that "Laura", although fragmentary, was "vintage Nabokov".  He is the author of several books, among them a biography of Austrian poet Peter Handke and a study of the greatest Nazi cover-up in post-war Germany, "Die Flakhelfer", which will be published in English in 2014. Tony Newton (born April 2, 1979 in Cambridge) is a producer, director, and writer, known for Grindsploitation: The Movie, 60 Seconds to Die and 60 Seconds 2 Die.  He is known as the producer The films Virus of the Dead, Grindsploitation, 60 Seconds to Die, Die Gest: Flesh Feast, VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary.  Also author of the books The Zombie Rule Book, The Zombie Rule Book 2, # I'm Zombie and screenwriter. "To Die For" is an American novel by Linda Howard.  It was published in 2004 by Random House Publishing.  It made the New York York Times Best Seller list.  It is the first book in the Blair Mallory Series, followed by "Drop Dead Gorgeous". Albertha Magdalena Bouwer (16 March 1920 – 5 October 2010) was a South African Afrikaans-writing journalist and author.  She is best known for her series of children's stories about the experiences of a small girl called Alie growing up in the fictional location Rivierplaas in rural Free State.  Late in life she published a novel for adults, "Die afdraand van die dag is kil" (The close of the day is cold, 1992), about two women in old age.
Answer: Alabama