JOAN KRUCKEWITT is a journalist who lived in Nicaragua from 1983–1991 and covered the war between the Sandinistas and the U.S.-backed Contras for ABC Radio. She reported from Latin America and Europe for various radio networks (Pacifica, RKO, Mutual, NBC, Monitoradio, Canadian Broadcasting Company, National Public Radio) and newspapers. Kruckewitt is the author of The Death of Ben Linder: The Story of a North AMerican in Sandinista Nicaragua, and lives in Northern California.
