Linda Lear

An assistant professor at New Mexico State University from 1974 until 1976, she next worked at the American Association of Retired Persons, remaining there until 1978.

In that year she joined the faculty of the George Washington University, where she has since served as assistant director of experimental programs and associated professor.

She has also worked for the United States Senate, and held a position on the board of directors of Connecticut College,[1] of which she is a Trustee Emeritus.

She conducted over 300 interviews over 15 years, eventually meeting Carson's former assistant, Shirley Briggs, and editor, Paul Brooks.

[1] Lear is also the author of introductions for editions of Carson's The Sense of Wonder (HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998); Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002); and Under the Sea-Wind (2007).