LINDA MCCLUNG grew up on an isolated farm in Virginia, where her only outlet for the outside world was reading. Linda graduated from Virginia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, holds a bachelor's degree from The College of New Jersey, and a master's degree from SetonHall University. She retired from a long career in nursing to live on a lake in South Carolina. After several episodes of life - threatening illnesses, she wanted to write her stories for the grandchildren so they could know what was important to her in the years to come. In addition to writing, she enjoys reading, fishing on the lake, and spending time with her grandchildren, who seem to appear in thinly veiled characters in her books. Linda spends time mentoring younger women through small group Bible Studies at her church and at the local JobCorps for homeless women. She writes devotionals for an online magazine, christiandevotions.us. Linda has five books in print: The Healer, My Sister My Twin, Seven Minutes into Darkness, Love is, and Lest We Forget: The Survival of a Cherokee Woman. Each book shares the gospel story woven into its fabric, with limited "churchy" language. Another book is in process to focus on the devastating effects of addiction.