Linda Hussa is a nationally acclaimed poet, writer, and rancher living in Cedar- ville, California. She is the author of six books, including Blood Sister, I Am To These Fields (2002), which won the Western Heritage Award, the Western Writers of America award, and the Women Writing the West award as best poetry book of the year. Linda is a frequent participant at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada and gives readings throughout the West.