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Linda Sillitoe

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A University of Utah graduate, Linda Sillitoe has worked as a journalist for the Deseret News, Utah Holiday magazine, and the New York Times. She has won awards from the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Press as well as three nominations for a Pulitzer Prize for her stories about life in Salt Lake County. She has written three important books on aspects of Utah history: Banking on the Hemingways: Three Generations of Banking in Utah and Idaho (1992); Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders (1988, co-authored with Allan Roberts); and Friendly Fire: The ACLU in Utah (1996). She wrote the official centennial history of Salt Lake County, which was published in a popular format as Welcoming the World: A History of Salt Lake County (1996). She also has published a collection of poems (Crazy for Living, 1993), a short story collection (Windows on the Sea, 1989), and two novels (Sideways to the Sun, 1998, and Secrets Keep, 1995). Her creative works have won multiple awards from the Association for Mormon Letters. She has co-produced a PBS-affiliated documentary, Navajo and American (2003), and taught classes in journalism and writing on several college campuses. She currently works as public outreach coordinator of Weber State University’s Stewart Library.
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Work found on page 76 of the Autumn-Winter 1971 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.

Sister is Susan Taber

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1948-07-31
Salt Lake City, Utah
2010-04-07
University of Utah
Female
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62 Works by Linda Sillitoe

Title Role Year Genre
Crazy for Living Author 1993 Poetry
Secrets Keep Author 1995 Novel
Sideways to the Sun Author 1987 Novel
Windows on the Sea and Other Stories Author 1989 Short Story
Rescuers Author Poetry
Approaching Christmas Author Poetry
Perceptions of the Plight: A Review Response Author Personal Essay
For the Artisans Author Poetry
Zion Town Author Fiction
The Long Walk Author Short Story
Years of Bounding Author Poetry
Still-Life Study of an Ancestor Author 1974 Poetry
Demons Author Short Story
Trip Toward Prayer Author 1971 Poetry
The Reaping Author 1972 Poetry
These Are Severely Retarded Author 1972 Poetry
The Buffalo and the Dentist Author 1973 Poetry
Letter to a Four-Year-Old Daughter Author Poetry
Waiting for Lightning Author 1974 Poetry
The Photograph Author 1977 Poetry
Song of Creation Author 1979 Poetry
Some Nights Author Poetry
The Old Philosopher Author Poetry
A Lullaby in the New Year Author Poetry
Saturday Supper Author Poetry
Spinal Anesthetic Preceding Caesarean Section Author Poetry
Another Birth Author 1984 Poetry
Charm for a Sick Child Author 1984 Poetry
First Wife Author Poetry
Home from the North Author 1982 Poetry
Missing Persons Author 1983 Poetry
Bishop Ted Author Short Story
Mornings Author 1986 Fiction
Sonnet for Spring Author 1986 Poetry
The Spiral Stair Author
Beside the Wheel Author Poetry
During Recess Author 1989 Poetry
Killer Author Poetry
The King's New Taster Author Poetry
Sonnet on Life's Dangers Author 1989 Poetry
October Shoot Author Poetry
Borderland Author Short Story
Windows on the Sea Author Short Story
The Journalist Author Poetry
oh how to be the wind Author Poetry
an early elegy in lower case Author Poetry
Four Walls and An Empty Door Author Short Story
the mine Author Poetry
By the River Author Poetry
From the Laurel Author 1987 Poetry
Circle after Circle Author 1975 Poetry
we die with what we see Author Poetry
The Thieves of Summer Author 2014 Fiction
The Last Day of Spring Author 1981 Fiction
Oasis Author 1997 Poetry
Long Distance Author 1998 Poetry
Fact of my life Author 1998 Poetry
Metaphysics over Lunch Author 1999 Poetry
In Riverdale Author 2000 Poetry
Sensing Spirits Author 2000 Poetry
Encounter Author 2002 Poetry
Song of Creation Author 2018 Poetry
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