Linda Hollis

Linda Allen Hollis (born 1951) is an American historian, biographer, and author. She is a direct descendant of West Ford, who, in Ford's oral history, is the African-American son of George Washington. Her work focuses mainly on early American history and sharing African American histories that broaden how we see our collective past.

Early life and education Hollis was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois, in a large family of eleven children. Linda Allen Hollis next to ancestor, West Ford's, plaque at Mount Vernon, June 2025. Hollis attended Manual High School and received her undergraduate degree from Bradley University in Geology. She obtained her master's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in the same discipline.

Career Hollis began her career with the Anaconda Mineral Company and later worked for several pharmaceutical firms. Over the years, she has become a national speaker on genealogy and the author of multiple books, including one on American history that focuses on West Ford. She written a memoir, I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants. She also writes as Linda Allen Bryant and L.A. Hollis. One newspaper article discusses this book

As L.A. Hollis Going in Circles (2011) Blood Virus: A Pandemic by Design (2016)