Birch, Geraldine

Geraldine Birch has enjoyed a long career as a newspaper reporter, having worked a decades-long stint as a freelancer at the "Los Angeles Times" and for various community newspapers in Southern California.

A reporter, editor, and political columnist for the "Sedona Red Rock News "in Arizona, Birch was recognized with a first-place award by the National Newspaper Association for her political column, "Gerrymandering."

Her historical novel, "The Swastika Tattoo", was inspired by her interview with a German submarine officer and recently won an honorable mention in the Reader's Choice inter...