Davis, Linda H.: - Linda H. Davis is the author of three biographies: "Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life" (Random House, 2006), "Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane" (Houghton Mifflin, 1998), and "Onward and Upward: A Biography of Katharine S. White" (Harper & Row, 1987). Her e-book, "Autism on the Farm: A Story of Triumph, Possibility, and a Place Called Bittersweet," was published by The Miniver Press. She was born in Portland, Oregon in 1953, but has lived in Massachusetts most of her life. Married to Chuck Yanikoski, she is the mother of two, the mother-in-law of one, and the grandmother of three. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN.com, Granta, The New Yorker, and other publications. "Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life" will be rereleased, with a new introduction by the author, by Turner Publishing in October, 2021.