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name: Linda Harris Sittig
about: At age twelve, Linda became the hula hoop champion of her class and then discovered historical fiction through the works of Anya Seton. From that day on, Linda gave up spinning hoops in favor of spinning stories. She is the author of a historical series, "Threads of Courage," with three novels, Cut From Strong Cloth, Last Curtain Call, and Counting Crows. In addition, she has a non-fiction book, B-52 DOWN, about a B-52 bomber that crashed in Maryland with two nuclear bombs on board. Her newest book, Opening Closed Doors, is a children's book about the desegregation of public libraries.Linda writes about strong female protagonists in emotional settings of the past, particularly in her monthly blog, where she pays tribute to women who led ext At age twelve, Linda became the hula hoop champion of her class and then discovered historical fiction through the works of Anya Seton. From that day on, Linda gave up spinning hoops in favor of spinning stories. She is the author of a historical series, "Threads of Courage," with three novels, Cut From Strong Cloth, Last Curtain Call, and Counting Crows. In addition, she has a non-fiction book, B-52 DOWN, about a B-52 bomber that crashed in Maryland with two nuclear bombs on board. Her newest book, Opening Closed Doors, is a children's book about the desegregation of public libraries.Linda writes about strong female protagonists in emotional settings of the past, particularly in her monthly blog, where she pays tribute to women who led extraordinary lives but did not necessarily achieve lasting fame: www.strongwomeninhistory.com.Her motto: Every woman deserves to have her story told.Linda Sittig lives in the North Carolina Piedmont with her husband, where the Blue Ridge Mountains are the first to greet the dawn. ...more