Nice to meet you Beth/Reagan
I'm XenaLin, or Lin or Linda whichever you prefer and one of the admins here together with Katie.
One of my favorite writers is a swedish writer (my country of origin) named Vilhelm Moberg. He wrote a series of 4 books which are very popular here, called The Emigrants and takes place during the emigration from Sweden to America in the mid 1800s. Those books are probably my fave ones.
American favorite writers include Nicholas Sparks and Nicholas Evans.