Linda Dickson aka Dixie Burns was born in Nashville, Tennessee, a fifth generation native Tennessean, grew up in Nashville and retired to Florida in 2010. Began a career in Children's Protective Services eventually pursuing a Nursing Certificate, became a pharmaceutical rep for twenty seven years. Her first book, Spit of a Minute, is a fictional account of a grandmother she never really knew. Since writing Spit of a Minute, Linda has acquired a nickname (Dixie) and a husband (Ernie). If women over forty have less chance of romance than being struck by lightning… Looks like lightning got her!