Linda Hewitt, a native of Alabama, attended Birmingham-Southern College, the University of Alabama, and Georgia State University. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in History. She began writing when she was three--her first work was a notebook of observations about her grandparents’ home. She edited various school papers, and wrote her graduate thesis on the political and economic implications of German Reparations stipulated in treaties following the First World War. With her husband Robert, she was partner in a public relations boutique in Atlanta serving major corporations. There, she wrote many kinds of materials and received multiple awards from various professional associations. Her five books deal with a wide range of topics, mostly cultural and economic. Several were book club selections and are used as supplemental reading in undergraduate cultural history courses. She is currently working on a book about the skillsets and attitudes necessary for success in the job market of tomorrow. She consults on communications strategy.