Linda Ellen is an historical romance writer who made her debut with Depression Era romance, rich with history, love, heartache, and real life. Linda was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, where she resides with her husband of thirty-eight years She began her writing career penning articles for a small neighborhood newspaper, The Southwest Reporter. In 2009, as a labor of love, she began writing fan fiction, under the pen name Linda4him59, based on the Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman television show, stories that were well received thanks to Linda's talent for upbeat narration, good-natured humor and heart-thumping romance. Twenty-eight short stories and four novels later, she decided to try her hand at writing a ‘real’ novel. The novel Once in a While is loosely based on the author's parents’ romance in the late ‘30’s. Wishing to give her readers the most accurate account of the time, place and mood, she extensively researched details regarding the 1937 flood that incapacitated the entire Ohio Valley. The Flood plays a large part in the early chapters of the book. The local newspaper did a story on her, her mom, and the book - click here: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/... When she isn't busy writing stories to enchant her readers, Linda, a born-again Christian, and her family are faithful and active members of Evangel World Prayer Center in Louisville, KY. She is very involved in the prison ministry at her church, where she is the office manager and in charge of facilitating a large correspondence course operation with a sizable number of volunteers, serving inmates in all 50 states.