{"id":15,"date":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:32:29","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1140 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/au-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/au-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/au.png 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Linda McKinley<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in music and a master\u2019s degree in education, <strong>Linda McKinley<\/strong> always wanted to be a teacher. This is her second \u201cBriggsy book,\u201d which was inspired by her own children\u2019s camping adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Linda\u2019s interests include playing the piano, reading, (mysteries) college football, going to the beach, shopping, and most of all, being with family and friends. She and her husband currently reside in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOther Books By This Author <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xlibris.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/801003-briggsys-time-to-shine\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/otherbook1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48\" style=\"border:1px solid #000; padding:5px; background:#eee;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>About the Book<\/p>\n<p>Briggsy, the tuba, is one of the instruments in Miss Poppy\u2019s music class. He\u2019s often bullied and teased by the other instruments because they think he\u2019s too big and too loud. Their antics make him unhappy, but he tries hard not to show it. When he\u2019s not chosen to play in Miss Poppy\u2019s classroom band, he begins to doubt himself, and wonders if what they say about him is true. Then one day something happens in music class, surprising everyone, even the instrument bullies. What does it mean for Briggsy? Will he at last feel like he belongs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda McKinley Earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in music and a master\u2019s degree in education, Linda McKinley always wanted to be a teacher. This is her second \u201cBriggsy book,\u201d which was inspired by her own children\u2019s camping adventures. Linda\u2019s interests include playing the piano, reading, (mysteries) college football, going to the beach, shopping, and most of<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABOUT THE AUTHOR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":126,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1145,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/855942\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}