Norm Ledgin

Norm Ledgin’s bookwriting began with nonfiction, Diagnosing Jefferson (2000), followed by Asperger’s and Self-Esteem (2002), the latter republished in France. Historical fiction includes The Jayhawker (2006), designated a Kansas “best book” during the 2011 sesquicentennial.

Mysteries featuring a sexagenarian sleuth and piano teacher are Sour Notes (2009) and Disharmony (2016). His most recent historical fiction, Sally of Monticello: Founding Mother (2012), has generated an audience bordering on cult. Norm rates as his best fiction a Jean Harlow fantasy/romance, Heart Deco (2016).

In another life preceding bookwriting, Norm was an award-winning traffic safety specialist and a North Jersey journalist, blacklisted following House Un-American Activities Committee public condemnation of him in 1951 for opposing the manufacture and use of nuclear weapons.

Norm Ledgin passed away in 2019. For a full biography, please visit http://ledgin.com/norm.html

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