Linda Raedisch is an eclectic writer who loves to explore museums, grave mounds, and old coal sidings. Her second book, The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year (Llewellyn 2013) has been translated into Czech, Russian, and Polish. Her fourth Llewellyn book, The Secret History of Christmas Baking: Recipes and Stories from Tomb Offerings to Gingerbread Boys, was released in September 2023, and in October 2023 she published her first novel, Turn Left at the Mooncrow Skeleton, just in time for Halloween. She lives in northern New Jersey.