Lynda Rutledge

NEW NOVEL Jan 2024: MOCKINGBIRD SUMMER Lynda Rutledge, a lifelong animal lover, has had the joy of petting baby rhinos, snorkeling with endangered turtles, and strolling with a tower of giraffes in her eclectic freelance career, writing nonfiction for major newspapers and organizations while winning awards and residencies for her fiction: Her novel, West with Giraffes was selected by Library of Congress–affiliated Texas Center for the Book as their 2023 Great Read.Her debut novel, Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale winner of the 2013 Writers League of Texas Book Award, was adapted into the French film "La dernière folie de Claire Darling," starring Catherine Deneuve. Her new novel, Mockingbird Summer a coming of age story set in 1964, will be published January 30, 2024.She, her husband, and resident dog live outside Austin, Texas where the deer and the roadrunners play.Check out for much more.