Lynda Fitzgerald

Lynda Fitzgerald


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Lynda Fitzgerald has been writing all her life. She studied creative writing at both Georgia Perimeter College, where she was the winner of a Creative Writing Scholarship, and at Emory University. Her short story, “And We'll Call Him Jeff,” was published in the DeKalb Literary Arts Journal. Her debut novel, “If Truth Be Told” was published in June 2007.

When Lynda isn't writing, she can usually be found curled up with a book written by one of her many favorite authors. "I've always been a reader. I can't remember a time when I didn't read, and I can't imagine life without books. I read “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury many years ago with horror. Burn all books? Unthinkable! Life would be so much less exciting if we couldn't count books as our friends."

Lynda resides in Snellville, Georgia, a small town east of Atlanta.

Of Words & Music

Lynda Fitzgerald
Five Star/Gale/Cengage (2009)
ISBN 9781594147760
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (10/08)

Synopsis: Lilah Kimball is a sixty-year-old widow who has pretty much given up on life.  Bethany Freemont is Lilah’s twelve-year-old granddaughter with most of her life ahead of her.  The two have never met.   Then a tragic accident orphans Bethany, and Lilah is forced to take the child into her home, at least temporarily.

Lilah and Bethany are at odds from day one, incapable of exchanging two words without conflict.  As the weeks pass, Lilah begins to see herself—and her life— through Bethany’s eyes, and she doesn't like what she sees.  Bethany begins to suspect her grandmother may not be the witch she once thought her.  Then startling information comes to light that threatens to destroy all they’re trying to build.