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Photos

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Please click on the thumbnail of each headshot for link to high-res version. Photo credit of Abigail K. Photography is appreciated.
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A photo credit for Humble Photography is appreciated for the following four photos:

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Linda Mansfield with Vixen, an approximately 12-year-old female reindeer owned by Alice and Kevin Priessman of Whitetail Acres Tree Farm in Brookville, Ind., on Dec. 23, 2021. Please click on the thumbnail of each photo for a link to a high-res version. (Marti Humphrey photos)

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Linda Mansfield with Hope, a 4-year-old female reindeer owned by Silly Safaris, Inc. of Indianapolis, on Dec. 21, 2024. The location is The Shops at Perry Crossing in Plainfield, Ind., which incidentally has a wonderful Barnes & Noble store! (Marti Humphrey photo; photo editing by Rich Barker of Barker Graphics. Please click on photo to download a high-res version.)

Blurb for "Emma and the Reindeer"

"Emma and the Reindeer" follows 11-year-old Emma Gallagher, who receives an unexpected visitor: her 15th great-grandmother, Grandma Hazel —an elf straight from Santa’s North Pole! With Christmas at risk due to climate change affecting the reindeer’s food supply that allows them to fly, Emma is chosen for an urgent mission: write a children’s book to inspire kids worldwide to quit procrastinating and make lifestyle changes to help the environment. Whisked to the North Pole, Emma interviews Santa's reindeer, each offering eco-friendly tips. This heartwarming adventure blends magic, humor, and a call to action, encouraging young readers to believe in their power to make a difference and save Christmas and the Earth!

Bios

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Six-sentence bio:

Linda Mansfield is the author of the "Two Good Feet" series of fictional, seasonal short stories for teenagers through senior citizens, male and female. Each of the four books — "Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas," "Twelve Stories for Spring," "Twelve Stories for Summer" and "Twelve Stories for Fall" — contains a baker's dozen (13) of stories to provide light reads for entertainment. Each book can stand alone, but the characters are consistent throughout the series and as a whole it offers 52 stories, or one for every week of the year. Her current work in progress is a middle-grade children's novel, "Emma and the Reindeer," with a theme of environmental conservation. She's using the pen name "Emma Gallagher" for it. For more information see LindaMansfieldBooks.com.

Two-hundred-word bio:

Indianapolis-based Linda Mansfield wrote the “Two Good Feet” series of fictional, seasonal short stories for teenagers through senior citizens, male and female. Each of the series’ four books — "Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas," "Twelve Stories for Spring," "Twelve Stories for Summer" and "Twelve Stories for Fall" — contains a baker's dozen of stories to provide light reads for entertainment. Each book can stand alone, but the characters are consistent throughout and as a whole the series offers 52 stories, or one for every week of the year.

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Her current work in progress is a middle-grade children's novel, "Emma and the Reindeer," with a theme of environmental conservation. She's using the pen name "Emma Gallagher" for it.

 

Linda writes fiction for fun. Her background is as a reporter, editor, and public relations director, primarily concentrating on motorsports. She owns Restart Communications, a motorsports PR firm. She has represented several IndyCar drivers and two overall winning teams of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. She is also a veteran reporter for “Speed Sport Magazine.” Other articles she wrote have appeared in “The New York Times,” “The Wall Street Journal” and “USA Today,” among other publications. She has worked at a Manhattan publishing house, and she's the current communications coordinator of North United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. More info is available at LindaMansfieldBooks.com.

Resume:

Complete resume available upon media request; please e-mail Linda at LKMRestart@gmail.com.

Interview/
Guest Blog Requests

Please e-mail Linda at LKMRestart@gmail.com

or EmmaAndTheReindeer@gmail.com.

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Victorian Santa and Mrs. Claus with "Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas." James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home Victorian Christmas Open House, Indianapolis, IN, Dec. 7, 2019.

The "Two Good Feet" series....stories for every season!
The complete series offers a story
for every week
of the year!
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