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Larry L. Franklin

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Larry L Franklin holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University. He performed in the U.S. Navy Band located in Washington, D.C. from 1967 to 1971. From 1972 to 1975, he taught music at Southern Illinois University. In 1976, he completed requirements for a certified financial planner designation and maintained a successful investment business until 2007 when he retired to devote his energies to writing. In 2003, he received an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
Franklin is the author of “Mnemosyne: A Love Affair with Memory,” published by Xlibris; “The Rita Nitz Story: A Life without Parole,” published by Southern Illinois University Pres
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Reflections on my 80th

It’s been an interesting journey from an avid runner at age 47 to my 80th birthday. The road races have been replaced by the occasional walks and the writing of 5 books; the recent being my memoir, “Victims Make the best Birdhouses.” I don’t know what’s coming next. That’s my dilemma?

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