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  <name><![CDATA[Linda  Robinson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Writer/illustrator living in a small town in Michigan. I am a woman, paddler, rebel wannabe, constant reader, wine snob, primary caregiver, and trained hospice memoir volunteer.

When I was young, I wanted to be an alien. My brothers think I am successful.

The first book I could read by myself was &quot;The Cat in the Hat Strikes Back.&quot; The next book I remember reading was Taylor Caldwell's &quot;Dear and Glorious Physician.&quot;

By second grade, I had the thickest glasses in my family. Still do. I read by lamp light, moonlight, flashlight, candle light and the pilot light in the furnace.

Reading got me out of babysitting. My mother figured out that I couldn't be counted on to know where my siblings had gotten off to if I had &quot;my nose in a book.&quot;

Books are as important to my survival as water and dark chocolate.

My continued happiness is assured as a member of The Sweetgrass Writers Group.

The most frightening story ever was &quot;Time Enough at Last&quot; by Lyn Venable about Henry Bemis who only wanted to read. Twilight Zone made the story famous, and made me terrified of ever watching that show again. aaiieee!]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Beckie, Carol, Auntie, Miss Hoffman, Grandma, Mom, Grandma Tillie, The Feinstein Brothers]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Detroit, MI</hometown>  <born_at>03/01/1951</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Chantepleure]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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