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Author interviews by Kay Ellington<\/span><\/h1>\n

10.15.2017\u00a0 \u201cYou can go anywhere in the world and they know about Texas\u201d: Texas\u2019s romantic faces and places with Panhandle author Linda Broday<\/h1>\n

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Linda Broday kept at her dream of publishing the stories that sprang from her Southwestern upbringing<\/span> \u2014 and has been rewarded with success on top bestseller lists. A featured author at the upcoming Lubbock Book Festival, Linda will discuss and sign her Texas brand of romance fiction on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 28, at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (among dozens of local, regional, and nationally known poets and writers).<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE:<\/span> Where did you grow up, Linda, and how do you think the place has influenced your writing?<\/span><\/p>\n

LINDA BRODAY: <\/span>I grew up in New Mexico, five miles from the Texas state line. In school, I studied Texas as much as I studied New Mexico, and I\u2019ve always considered myself a Texan. I would read about the heroes of the Alamo and others who fought for independence and my imagination would go crazy. The men and women in my stories reflect the spirit of the courageous people who settled here. This is more than a state. The blood of those who died flows in our veins and the history is embedded inside each of us. I want readers here and abroad to feel the pride that is reflected inside each character in my books and I think they do. You can go anywhere in the world and they know about Texas.\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Texas’s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events
<\/span>Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 10.15.2017 <\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h1>\n

SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK<\/span><\/p>\n