[1] Windle earned academic honors including Mortar Board and the American Association of University Women's "Woman of the Year."
[4] Windle's novels, True Women, Hill Country, and Will's War are based on extensive research on her ancestors.
Publishers Weekly called True Women an "unusual, intriguing blend of historical novel and family memoir.
A determined and independent woman, her life began in frontier days and overlapped the childhood and career of her neighbor's son, Lyndon Baines Johnson.
[9] Windle's third novel is Will's War is largely a courtroom drama, based on the life of her mother's father, a German-American.
Active in the farmers' union movement, Will Bergfeld was swept up in ethnic troubles when war with Germany broke out.