Linda Strader

Originally from Syracuse, New York, Ms. Strader moved to Prescott, Arizona with her family in 1972. In 1976, she became one of the first women on a U.S. Forest Service fire crew in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson.

In addition to writing, Ms. Strader is a landscape architect, certified arborist, and watercolor artist. The prequel to Summers of Fire, Uprooted: A New Life in the Arizona Sun, released December 1st, 2021.