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Edmonds resident Nancy Burkhalter is the first author to be signed by History Through Fiction, an independent press launched by Minnesota author and historian Colin Mustful.

Burkhalter is an educator, writer, journalist, linguist, and piano tuner with a master's degree in journalism and English education, as well as a doctorate in linguistics from the University of New Mexico.

She has taught composition for many years in the U.S., Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Her overseas work led to an interest in comparative education, especially critical thinking.

Both observations an...