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Lynn Voedisch

Author, Journalist, Editor

Welcome to my home on the Web. I'm a Chicago journalist and fiction writer with many years of experience working for newspapers and magazines. I'm also a proud member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and I’m on the board of directors of the Society of Midland Authors, where I served as judge on the fiction committee choosing the best novel of 2009, “Twisted Tree” by Kent Meyers.

I have just finished my latest manuscript, “The God’s Wife,” about the days in Egypt when women - and one woman in particular - were one step away from the Pharaoh in power. The God’s Wife of Amun, believed to be the earthly bride of the most powerful god in ancient Egypt’s pantheon, was the head of Karnak the largest temple in Thebes, and a heady charge for a sixteen-year-old girl who’s been pushed into the role by an over-ambitious mother. It’s a role of great power, but one of immense danger, for every man in the kingdom will fight or work political angles to win her hand. Because who ever wins the God’s wife’s earthly hand will win the right to be the next Pharaoh.

I went to WBBM-TV in Chicago for my first job as a news department production assistant (mainly delivering scripts and finding film clips). My first reporting job was at the Pioneer Press in suburban Chicago, then on to the Los Angeles Times, and eventually a long stint at the Chicago Sun-Times. At the Sun-Times I was an entertainment reporter, dance reviewer, and technology reporter, and helped develop the newspaper's fledgling Web site. The site and staff won Best Innovation from the Inland Daily Press Association and the Dvorak Award for Web content.

I have been on television and radio talk shows, discussing arts topics that affect Chicago. Having left the Sun-Times, I am pursuing a freelance career and have been published in the Chicago Tribune as well as in numerous technology magazines, including The Industry Standard, Grok, and Connect-Time. I also do arts stories for Dance magazine and the Tribune.

I continue to work at journalism, writing and editing part time at Technorati.com and Blogcritics.org, which (despite the names), are online news services that provide content for news sites all over the world. When not editing, I am a book critic, feature writer, and have written articles on technology, politics, sports, modern culture, and popular music.

Fiction fills up whatever spare time I have. My first novel, Excited Light, is out via ASJA Press. Please go to the Excited Light link for information on how to purchase the novel. I've completed two other novel manuscripts (see links). A short story of mine, "Wili," was published in Folio literary magazine in Winter 2001.

Although technically a suburbanite, my house is three blocks from the Chicago border, where I live with my husband and three cats. I am a tennis addict, also. If you're looking for a doubles partner, I'm there.