N. J. Schrock

About The Author

N. J. Schrock, Ph.D., grew up in Virden, Illinois, where her father and grandfather worked in the Virden North Mine. Drawing on family history, research, and local archives, she reconstructs the pivotal 1898 labor battle that strengthened the United Mine Workers of America. A retired corporate researcher, she holds degrees in chemistry and English, has published across genres—including the novel Incense Rising—and now teaches online chemistry. She lives in New Mexico with her husband and two dogs.

 

Books by N. J. Schrock

Morning of a Crescent Moon
By N. J. Schrock
A woman set on leaving nursing and the wars behind finds that war follows her wherever she goes—and this time it’s a civil battle with the mine workers in Virden, Illinois.

In Morning of a Crescent Moon, N. J. Schrock renders the tumult of the 1898 Battle of Virden with a...
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