Linda Grover - Author of Tree Island

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Bio: The daughter of an inventor and a poet, born in New England and raised in the military, Linda Grover graduated from Las Vegas High School and worked as a secretary for several years.

Linda Grover's interest in changing the world began with an early stint as Clerk of The House Indian Affairs Subcommittee in the U.S. Congress. She later worked with The National Committee for An Effective Congress and the International Rescue Committee. Her books and lectures have all reflected social themes. Her success led to an active role in reform politics. She organized the Tree Island Millennium Gathering in Klamath Falls, Oregon held August 18-20, 1998.

The House Keepers, (Harper & Row) was a humorous account of a successful seven year battle to save her Manhattan apartment building from an urban renewal project. It was excerpted in McCalls, serialized in the New York Post, optioned by CBS, featured in a New York Times editorial and became required reading for city planning courses at several universities.

Her second nonfiction work, Looking Terrific: The Language of Clothing, (Putnams and Ballantine) written with co-author Emily Cho, was a New York Times national bestseller (#4 trade paperback), became a Literary Guild selection and was translated into Hebrew and Spanish. It concerned women's identity in the wake of the sexual revolution. Linda is also the author of August Celebration, about the discovery of the wild-grown algae superfood in Klamath Lake. It has sold a half million copies to d

She also created Aaron's World for CBS-EMI and has been a New York City taxi driver, a cook at a retreat center, a water-ski instructor, a Manhattan restaurant reviewer, and an actress in Kick the Habit" anticigarette commercials.

Linda was commissioned in 1979 by CBS-EMI to create an alternative serial drama, Aaron's World, about a children's hospital. The show was optioned, developed, and scheduled, but not aired. She later became head writer of The Doctors, NBC; Search for Tomorrow, CBS; and CO-head writer of General Hospital, ABC.

Linda is also the author of August Celebration: A Molecule of Hope for a Changing World, published in both paperback and audio. (Gilbert, Hoover & Clarke.) It recounts the discovery of a wild-grown superfood in an Oregon Cascades lake and examines the resulting network of socially conscious consumers and distributors across North America. Nearly a half million copies have been sold to date.

She currently sits on the Board of the Butterfly Gardeners Association and is organizing the Millenium Meal Project. Please visit Millennium Meal Project, www.countup2000.com/jubilleniummeal, and www.jubillenium.com