| LindaJAlexander Non-fiction writer
Frederick, MD "History is the essence of innumerable biographies." ~ Thomas Carlyle
Linda Alexander loves people. Everyone has a story to tell, and too many stories are lost without ever being told. She's on a campaign to change that -- story by story.
Linda's 5th published book, RELUCTANT WITNESS: ROBERT TAYLOR, HOLLYWOOD, & COMMUNISM, is the biography of Hollywood's Golden Era movie star, Robert Taylor, on the market in May of 2008. Taylor starred in films with all the leading ladies of his time, including: "Camille" with Greta Garbo, "Waterloo Bridge" with Vivien Leigh, and "Quo Vadis" with Deborah Kerr.
Taylor's involvement in the 1940s hysteria over communism in Hollywood forever branded him the ultra-conservative movie star to "name names." Linda's book finally sets the record straight.
Linda has 4 other published books: 2 biographies, THE UNPROMISED LAND and DOROTHY FROM KANSAS MEETS THE WIZARD OF X, and 2 novels of dark romantic suspense, UNTIL NEXT TIME and WEEKENDS IN NEW ENGLAND. A 1991 letter on psychological child abuse put her on the Oprah Show as a Featured Guest. She has freelanced for magazines such as "Spotlight" and "Soap Opera Update," and newspapers including "The Washington Times," "Frederick News Post," and "Baton Rouge Advocate."
Some of Linda's film & TV interviews: actors Jim Varney, Robert Stack, Michael Zaslow, and her teenage heartthrob, Michael Cole, from 1970s "The Mod Squad"; also, singers Gary Puckett, Tiny Tim, and others. An editor from a prominent New York publisher said about Linda's writing, "I felt . . . I was sitting in on a Barbara Walters interview."
Linda also does public speaking on a wide range of topics, including: Living Large With Lupus; Journaling To Heal Wounds; Bridging The Color Line (about mixed race genealogy); You Are Who You Say You Are: Online Imaging; writing, and, of course, Robert Taylor!
Visit Linda's sites: http://www.lindajalexander.net and http://www.authorsden.com/lindajalexander.
PROFESSIONAL INFO
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Credits:
| Reluctant Witness: Robert Taylor, Hollywood, & Communism
(Hollywood biography)
2008
Weekends In New England
(novel/dark romantic suspense)
2004
Dorothy From Kansas Meets the Wizard of X
(nonfiction/biographical)
2003
Until Next Time
(novel/dark romantic suspense)
2002
The Unpromised Land
(nonfiction/biographical)
1994
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Other talents:
| Literature, Novelist
Literature, Playwright
Literature, Press
Literature, Non-fiction writer
Literature, Journalist | |
Official site:
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Client list: | I have interviewed:
* Gary Puckett
* Lou Christie
* Tiny Tim
* Dion
* Bobby Pickett
* Jewel Aiken
* members of Herman's Hermits
* Robert Stack
* Jim Varney
* Harry Groener
* Dallas Holm (contemporary Christian music artist)
* Linda Dano
* Freda Geronimo (wife of radio personality, Don Geronimo)
* Joey Callahan (comedian)
* Michael Swan (ex-"As The World Turns")
* Jay Hammer (ex-"The Guiding Light")
* Carey Cromelin ("The Guiding Light")
* Kale Browne (ex-"Another World")
* David Forsyth (ex-"Another World")
* Michael Zaslow (ex-"The Guiding Light")
* MIchael Cole ("The Mod Squad")
* John Morrissey, aka John Martinuzzi (producer, "American History X")
* Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner
* Eric Edwards, ault film star (& many others in the adult industry)
. . . and others!
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Experience:
| Over 10 years
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Professional |
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PERSONAL INFO
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Interests:
| movies (as a consumer) // books (as a reader, & writer) // genealogy, which connects with digging up dead people // scouring antique shops for old diaries & letters // photography // archaeology -- would like to go on a dig
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Favorite Music:
| Natalie Brown // Doug Alan Wilcox // Taylor Hicks // late '60s & all '70s // Motown
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Favorite Books:
| Life on the Color Line, Gregory Howard Williams // Cane River, Lalita Tademy // Yahuti, Gary Brosch
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Favorite Movies:
| A Man In Love // Truly Madly Deeply // anything with Robert Taylor // classics // westerns
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Favorite Actors:
| Robert Taylor // Alan Rickman // Peter Coyote // Barbara Stanwyck
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Favorite TV shows:
| Dirty Jobs // American Idol (yes, I admit it) // all sorts of variety/music reality shows // HGTV // If This House Could Talk
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People I'd like to meet:
| Charlotte Behrens // Allecia Dessessarts // Melite Gradenigo // Susan Rice // Dessessarts
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Ethnicity:
| Mixed | |
Religion:
| Christian/Other | |
Marital Status:
| Married | |
Smoker:
| No | |
Drinker:
| No | |
Children:
| Proud parent |
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