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Linda Olson

Linda Olson

Author Interview - Linda Olson

Author of GONE: A Memoir of Love, Body and Taking Back My Life.

“At age twenty-nine, Linda Olson, M.D. FACR was vacationing with her husband in Germany when their van was hit by a train, shattering their lives as well as her body. “

Author Interview - Linda Olson

Author Interview - Linda Olson

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Author I draw inspiration from:  I’ve thought about this for a week now and don’t have an answer

Favorite place to read a book:  on my front porch

Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with:  Alan Alda or Michael J. Fox—I know these are real people, but most of the books I read are true or historical fiction

Author Interview - Linda Olson

Author Interview - Linda Olson

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The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I read the story my adult daughter wrote about me for an on-line English class at UCLA 

Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook:  paperback

The last book I read:  Lonesome Dove

Author Interview - Linda Olson

Author Interview - Linda Olson

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Pen & paper or computer:  computer

Book character I think I’d be best friends with:  Beryl Markham

Author Interview - Linda Olson

Author Interview - Linda Olson

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If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a:  radiologist

Favorite decade in fashion history:  mini skirts

Place I’d most like to travel:  France and Switzerland

My signature drink: gin and tonic

Favorite artist: Claude Monet

Number one on my bucket list:  travel to Scandinavia and Russia

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When We Were Young and Brave

When We Were Young and Brave

Gone

Gone