Loretta Ellsworth grew up in Mason City, Iowa. A former teacher and a graduate of Hamline University with a master's degree in writing for children, she is the award-winning author of several young adult novels. She lives in Lakeville, Minnesota.
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Lorraine Kindred's most cherished memories are of the Surf Ballroom, the place where youth lost themselves to the brassy sounds and magnetic energy of the big band swing, where boys spent their last nights before shipping off to war-and where Lorraine her... SEE MORE