Lynne Golodner
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Essays, Narrative Nonfiction, Commercial Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Romance, Womens Fiction
Lynne Golodner is the award-winning author of 12 books and hundreds of essays and articles as well as a marketing expert, writing coach and retreat leader. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., and earning an MFA in poetry, Lynne returned to her Detroit hometown, where she created Your People, a marketing company with a focus on storytelling. Between 1996 and 2013, Lynne wrote eight books—two poetry collections and six nonfiction titles. In 2020, she pivoted to writing novels with a goal of producing a book every year. Her first novel, WOMAN OF VALOR, won the 2025 American Fiction Awards in religious fiction and earned an honorable mention in the 2024 Eric Hoffer Award for Spiritual Fiction. Her second novel, CAVE OF SECRETS, hit #1 on Amazon in Jewish fiction, gay fiction and British and Irish literature, and was a bronze medalist in the 2025 IPPY AWARDS for multicultural fiction. This book was also a finalist in the FOREWORD INDIES awards in Romance and LGBTQ+ fiction and a finalist in the Reader’s Choice Awards for romance. In January 2025, Lynne released FOREST WALK ON A FRIDAY, a collection of personal essays. Her third novel, I LOVE YOU, CHARLIE TANNER, was published in June 2025 and hit #2 in contemporary fiction on Amazon in its first month. Lynne teaches writing, coaches writers and leads writers retreats around the world. She has a BA from the University of Michigan, an MFA from Goddard College, and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program through Wayne State University. She is also certified in Nature Journaling by the Forest Therapy Hub. Lynne is the mother of four amazing young adults and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan with her archivist husband. Find Lynne: https://lynnegolodner.com
Lynne Golodner's books
Genres: Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
“I have counted the days until you would return to my waiting arms, my insistent kisses. But now I know you never will…” On a rainy hike by Loch Lomond, Eve Waldman stumbles upon a perfectly preserved journal in a hidden cave. The time-worn lettering details the illicit affair of two Jewish lovers that sent a shiver of shame through a Scottish family — and echoes down the bloodlines. Born of Highland aristocracy, Mac Monteith prefers to spend his days behind the bar of the family pub, rather than live the life his parents desired for him. Then Eve walks through the door, stirring more than Mac’s long-dormant heart. When Eve traces the cave documents to the Monteith line, scandals and secrets spill out from all sides. Eve remains committed to the truth, but when being truthful means hurting the man she loves, she is forced to make a bigger...
Genres: Essays
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
“Get swept away in the beauty of Lynne’s writing, and the care in which she crafts each and every story.” Since she was six years old, Lynne (Cohn, Schreiber) Golodner has turned to writing to make sense of the world, figure out her feelings and process experiences. In this riveting, heart-spilling collection of personal essays, Lynne takes the reader on a journey with her through travel, religious exploration, parenting, relationships and intimate encounters with the natural world. Forest Walk on a Friday contains 28 essays—20 of which have been previously published in literary journals and magazines—articulating the ache of lost love, embarking on a soul journey to find happiness alone on a mountaintop, making peace with the loss of a father and examining what work is. The Detroit-based author of award-winning novels, poetry collections and nonfiction books, Lynne opens her heart to readers in a daring and brave way, inviting...
Genres: Mystery
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
When Charlie Tanner loses her life partner, she also loses her voice. Fleeing the cult-like agricultural community in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia that she’s called home for two decades, she starts over in Vermont, processing her grief in the garden. There, she realizes how toxic her twenty years with James Grace—and his secrets—really were. Charlie reconnects with her estranged family and eventually finds friends and a new love, but her past haunts her, even to the point of threatening her life. Charlie’s race to break free brings out an inner confidence she never knew she had. Evoking the unlikely romance of the Netflix series Nobody Wants This and the intrigue and passion of Lucy Score’s Forever Never, I Love You, Charlie Tanner is a steamy story of second chances, midlife love and starting over with a whiff of intrigue and surprising twists that’ll keep you turning pages.