Pennsylvania author/artist, Lynda McKinney Lambert (b.1943) writes award-winning books, thoughtful personal essays, and spare poems. Lambert lives and works in rural western Pennsylvania in The Village of Wurtemburg. Lynda authored 4 books and her work appears in a number of prestigious anthologies in the US, UK, and Hong Kong. Her first chapbook was published by Finishing Line Press, January 2020. This collection of thirty wintry-themed poems is called...first snow. _Star Signs: New and Selected Poems_ by DLD Books, 2019. This is a collection of 54 poems; 145 pages. Poems span her career from the mid-1980s to the present. _Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems. DLD Books, 2017. A collection of 27 thoughtful personal essays and 16 spare poems. This mixed-genre book takes readers on a year-long pilgrimage beginning in January, ending in December. It is like a personal journal of writings that tell stories from her western Pennsylvania childhood, her travels abroad while teaching every summer in Europe. _Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, Kota Press, 2003. This is Lynda's first published book of mixed-genre writings. This full-length book features poems, journal entries, and historical notes. Many writings in this collection were from her travel journals. Lynda begins to write about her career as a pilgrimage in this book. Lynda McKinney Lambert creates art and writings from the inspirations of her life-experiences of teaching, travels, and her home life in a century-old home located in the historic Germanic village where her ancestors lived for generations. Her home is situated on a ridge overlooking the 50-mile long, Connoquenessing Creek where she lives with her husband, Bob, and their rescued dogs and cats. The couple take care of any feral cats who drop by for a good meal or shelter. They tend their traditional Zen Meditation Garden year-round. They walk their dogs in the woods and observe the life-cycle and passing seasons of natural elements in their world. Lynda is a retired Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA. With her extensive background in Fine Arts, English Literature, and Humanities, she creates mixed-media fiber art for exhibitions and her writings that are published internationally. Lynda has been called "A Renaissance Woman" by a number of editors. Readers tell Lynda "This book was like walking in a beautiful dream. I did not want it to end." Find Lynda at her blog: www.lyndalambert.com Contact Lynda: riverroad@zoominternet.net