Award-winning writer and historian Linda Lear, Ph.D., is author of the acclaimed Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature and Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature. Her papers on Carson and Potter are held at her alma mater, Connecticut College, in the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives. Discover what wisdom Lear holds for you during this year’s Washington Writers Conference on April 25th in Bethesda, MD. Click here to register now; early-bird rates end March 15th! [Photo by Jack Alterman.]