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Jamilah Koloctronis
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Personal Information |
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Author
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Linda K. Jitmoud |
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Known As/Pen Name: |
Jamilah Kolocotronis |
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Location of Birth: |
St. Louis, Missouri, 1956 |
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Present
Location of Author: |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Ethnic
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My mother's family is from Germany, and my father's family is from Greece. |
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Family: |
I was raised as a middle-class WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) in suburban St. Louis. I grew up in the town of Kirkwood, a quiet community with tree-lined streets. My family was middle-of-the-road, but open to new ideas.
My husband, who is from Thailand, and I have been married for 24 years. We have six sons, age ten to twenty-three
and a grandchild. Our oldest son is married to a Muslimah from Spain.
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Education: |
From first through eighth grades, I attended a Lutheran school. After graduating
from Kirkwood High School, I went to college to earn my B.A. in Philosophy and Religion. I also have an M.A. in Social Science Education with an emphasis on Philosophy and Religion, and a Ph.D. in Social Science Education with an emphasis on American History. |
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Published
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Ripples
The fourth
book in the Echoes series. More information coming soon. |
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Turbulence
Published by Muslim Writers Publishing, February 2007.
"Brad Adams appears to have it all. A devoted
wife. Two intelligent sons. A large house in the
suburbs. And a successful career. But the death of his
mother in a plane crash disturbs his tranquil existence.
His brothers are able to mourn and get on with their
lives, but Brad finds he cannot put his grief behind
him. Instead he enters a world of panic and nightmares.
A single incident of rage, brought on by the constant
stress he is experiencing, destroys all he has worked so
hard to build. The pain of his failure leads him to a
path of destruction which becomes an odyssey as he
searches for the peace he has never known." |
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Rebounding
Published by Muslim Writers Publishing, February 2006.
"Echoes of the past ring through Rebounding as
Joshua, Umar, Evie and Brad battle painful memories and
search for resolution and peace. Revenge and revelation
dominate this sequel to Echoes. Rebounding is the second
book in the Echoes series." |
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Echoes
Published by Heliographica, May 2005. About Joshua Adams. After Joshua accepts Islam, at age 23, he must deal with the echoes of his past. Echoes is a story of Joshua and his jihad al nafs. |
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Innocent People
Published by Leathers Publishing, October 2003. Innocent People is about a Muslim family living in the midwest and their struggles in the year after 9/11. |
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Islamic Jihad
Published by American Trust Publication, 1990. Islamic Jihad is a non-fiction historical and political analysis of the principles and practices of military jihad. |
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Themes and Styles of Writing |
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I write Islamic fiction. My books are about American Muslims striving to live Islamic lives within the challenges of American society. I especially like to write about converts who struggle to integrate their non-Islamic pasts with their new lives as Muslims. For style, I prefer first-person narrative, as told from different characters' POV. |
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