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Linda Collison

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Dystopian Fantasy

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From Daniel DeFoe to Dave Eggers, literary writers with an edge.

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Linda Collison is the award-winning author of novels, short stories and creative nonfiction.

She has enjoyed a composite career as a registered nurse, a professional skydiving instructor, a volunteer firefighter, parent, and freelance writer. After nursing school Linda studied history at Metropolitan State University. Together, with her husband Bob Russell, she has sailed thousands of miles aboard Topaz, their 36-foot sloop, whose home port is Hawaii. They also served three weeks as crew aboard Endeavour, a replica of Captain James Cook's 18th-century ship -- and it was during the crossing from Vancouver to Hawaii that the idea for Star-Crossed was born.

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	Star-Crossed 3.51 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barbados Bound (Patricia McPherson Nautical Adventure, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surgeon's Mate (Patricia McPherson Nautical Adventures, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for Redfeather 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friday Night Knife and Gun Club 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Ghosts 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rhode Island Rendezvous: Book 3 of the Patricia McPherson Nautical Adventure Series 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Moon Luck 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jerry Bird: The Making of a Skydiving Legend by Linda Collison (Goodreads Author), Jerry Bird, Sam Alexander 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Patricia McPherson Nautical Adventure (2 books)
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Nurse Kit Carson's Knife & Gun Club (2 books)
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“I did not realize what a gift I had been given until it was too late, forever too late. Must life always be that way?”
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“Like billiard balls colliding our courses were altered.”
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“I couldn't dream of a future, I couldn't reliably remember my past.”
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