Marilee Cottington McAlpine Author

Kerry Killinger is the co-author of the prize-winning and best-selling book, Nothing is Too Big to Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today. With Linda Cottington Killinger, she has won the Nautilus Award for Journalism and Investigative Reporting, Axiom Business Award for Economics, IPPY Award for Finance and Economics, and the Indie Award for Business. They both have had long careers in finance and business.   Linda Cottington Killinger is the co-author of the prize-winning and best-selling book, Nothing is Too Big to Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today. With Kerry Cottington Killinger, she has won the Nautilus Award for Journalism and Investigative Reporting, Axiom Business Award for Economics, IPPY Award for Finance and Economics, and the Indie Award for Business. They both have had long careers in finance and business. Marilee Cottington McAlpine is Linda’s 94-year-old aunt, who was a one-year-old baby on the 1930 trip. She has a degree in business education from the University of Minnesota and taught business and English in a number of states as well as other countries around the world. She lives in the Seattle area and for decades has shared her love of boating and travel.