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Rita Lorena Link Author

Rita Lorena Link was born in Texas in 1945 and spent her childhood on the historic Waggoner Ranch, where she lived until the passing of her adoptive father, Albert Buckman Wharton. Though she never returned to the ranch, its landscape and legacy remain the most influential forces in her life and writing. She now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her daughter.