![]() ![]() Perhaps most importantly, while the main character-16-year-old Lynn-is a good shot and unafraid to kill, the author has never shot anyone herself. There are a few important differences, however, between the novel and McGinnis’s experience. She also knows about living in a rural environment, and while the location in the novel isn’t specifically named, it might not be such a far stretch from the area in Ohio where she grew up. ![]() The saying is to write what you know, and McGinnis knows young adults after working in public schools for more than a decade. ![]() ![]() When she’s not writing, McGinnis is surrounded by books as an assistant librarian in the Cardington-Lincoln Local Schools district. She also publishes a blog and contributes to multiple writers groups and websites. She’s been writing since her college days at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, and has since had her short stories published in multiple anthologies. Although Not a Drop to Drink (HarperCollins 2013) is Mindy McGinnis’s first novel, calling her a rookie or a novice would be misleading. Miindy McGinnis, author of Not a Drop to Drink, is an assistant librarian in Ohio's Cardington-Lincoln district. ![]()
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