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 Linda Dannenberg LECTURE NOTES Linda has lectured on French style and decorative arts at: The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York; The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York; The Philadelphia Marketplace Design Center; The Ritz-Carlton International Cultural Festival, Boston. SIGNED BOOKS Autographed and personally inscribed copies of books featured on this site can be ordered directly from the author by clicking on the link below right: "Ordering books from the author." |
BiographyLinda Dannenberg was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in the nearby suburb of Newton. She graduated from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut as a language major specializing in Italian literature. After college, she spent a year in Paris, working as a trainee at an haute couture fabric house and volunteering for the Democrats Abroad, under the direction of Pierre Salinger. She returned to the United States and moved to New York, beginning her professional media career at CBS News, working as a researcher in the network’s News Library. She later worked as a feature writer and Books Editor at Family Circle magazine, and then moved on to Working Woman as the magazine’s founding Features Editor. She is currently a freelance writer, editor and translator. Her first book, The Paris Way of Beauty, was published by Simon & Schuster. She has subsequently authored or co-authored 12 books: Pierre Deux’s French Country; Pierre Deux’s Brittany; Pierre Deux’s Normandy; Pierre Deux’s Paris Country (all Literary Guild selections); Paris Bistro Cooking; Paris Boulangerie-Pâtisserie (from Clarkson Potter); Ducasse: Flavors of France, with Alain Ducasse from Artisan; French Tarts; Perfect Vinaigrettes, Fresh Herb Cooking, and True Blueberry from Stewart, Tabori & Chang. She also produces an annual desk calendar in collaboration with French photographer Guy Bouchet--The French Country Diary--inaugurated in 1989 by Workman Publishing and a yearly offering of The Book of the Month Club. Among the works she has translated from French are Ducasse Made Simple , There Are Still Kings: The Ten Royal Families of Europe, by Laure Boulay de la Meurthe, and Everyday French Cooking, by Christian Constant. Her latest design book, New French Country, a lavishly illustrated book on the style and lifestyle of Provence, was published in April 2004 by Clarkson Potter/ In addition to producing more than a dozen books, Linda Dannenberg is also an active contributor to many magazines, writing on design, travel, and food. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Departures, The Wine Spectator, Town & Country, Self, House Beautiful, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times. She lives in Westchester County, New York, with her husband, Steven, and their son, Ben. She is a member of the Authors Guild, and the Paris-American Club. |
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