Anita LeClaire ConronAnita LeClaire Conron is a native of Rhode Island. She was brought up on the southeast side of the state in the then small town of Riverside. Ms. Conron began writing when she decided to put together a small book of childhood memories as a gift to he older sister for her sixtieth birthday. In the fall of 2002 she joined a memoir writing class. Her instructor, Richard Ohler, suggested she put her many stories together. The result is her first book, Clamdigger. Read More Read Less