Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

Send us Fan Mail I was thrilled to talk with pilot and author Carole Hopson about her gorgeous historical fiction A Pair of Wings about the life of pioneering Aviatrix, Bessie Coleman. Already an Oprah Daily best pick for July 2021, A Pair of Wings is so inspiring and so incredibly well done, it feels as if Carole was hand-picked by the universe to deliver Bessie’s story. As she shares in our inte...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview with author Robin Kardon, we discuss her aviation experience, how she drew on her experiences as the first woman to work for a corporate aviation company, and the themes in her two books: discrimination in the workplace in FLYGIRL, and women's/mental health in ANGEL FLIGHT. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping throu...

Send us Fan Mail In this discussion with author Robin Kardon, writing as R.D. Kardon, she talks about learning the craft of novel writing though San Diego Writers, Ink, how she manages the workload of writing and promoting her books, and offers advice for women in aviation who are considering using their flying experience in writing.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop an...

Send us Fan Mail Captain Judy Rice talks about her flying career, the first in a three-book series, INSPIRING WORDS FOR AIR AND SPACE WOMEN, and the upcoming 101 TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN AIR AND SPACE, available in September 2021.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.o...

Send us Fan Mail Author interview with Clare Mulley.  Clare has written three historical biographies including THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THE CHILDREN: A BIOGRAPHY OF EGLANTYNE JEBB, FOUNDER OF SAVE THE CHILDREN; THE SPY WHO LOVED: THE SECRETS AND LIVES OF CHRISTINE GRANVILLE who was Britain’s first female special agent in WWII; and the Aviatrix Book Club discussion book for May 2021, THE WOMEN WHO FLEW...

Send us Fan Mail In this continuation of my interview with author, Clare Mulley, she talks in more detail about how she came to write biographies, her process, and gives advice for writers interested in pursuing biography writing. Check our her website at www.claremulley.com Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on m...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy does some readings from her book about ten Australian women aviation pioneers, and talks about writing this gorgeous book that every aviator should read.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.org, you'll find a link to it on the book page. By s...

Send us Fan Mail Kathy talks about using her journalism experience to write the stories of ten women aviation pioneers, her publishing journey, and offers advice for writers who want to tell the stories of women in aviation history.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Books...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Goodpaster Strebe is an accomplished journalist and historian whose book Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of WWII was the first comparative study on these two groups of women. Written as her master's thesis, this work served as her introduction into the WASP and Russian Women Pilots communities, with and for whom she has participated i...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Goodpaster Strebe's published her master's thesis 'on a lark' and it launched her into the world of the WASP and Soviet women pilots. She talks about the research, and publishing through a university press.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is ava...

Send us Fan Mail In this portion of my interview with Raquel Ramsey and Tricia Aurand about the book they cowrote together Taking Flight, The Nadine Ramsey story, we talk about their writing process, their support team, and what it was like to publish through a university press.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links...

Send us Fan Mail The third in a series of interviews for Women's History Month highlighting authors whose work features the women who flew for their countries during WWII, we delve into the individual story of a woman who flew for the WASP in the United States. In this interview, Nadine's sister-in-law, Raqui Ramsey, and screenwriter, Tricia Aurand, talk about how they came together on a...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, author Sarah Byrn Rickman shares the history of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the Women Air Service Pilots who flew for the U.S. during World War II. Sarah has immersed herself with the remaining  WAFS and WASP for over twenty years through the fortune of her connection with the International Women's Air and Space Museum. She arrived in t...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, Julie Holmes starts us off by reading Chapter One of her aircraft mechanic mystery thriller, Murder in Plane Sight, and ends with a teaser for book two in the Sierra Bauer series, which is still a work in progress. Skip ahead to 12 minutes if you’ve already read the book. If you haven’t, I give you a Spoiler Alert when we get to the Book Club Talk.    You can fi...

Send us Fan Mail In this Writers’ Room talk, Julie Holmes shares her writing journey, how she established her author platform through her blog, Facets of a Muse , the benefits she’s experienced having an agent and going the traditional publishing route, and offers advice to aspiring writers who want to develop their craft.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by sho...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to March—Women’s History Month! In this interview, I talk with NYT #1 Best-Seller, Elizabeth Wein , about her flying adventures, her books, and the history of the women who flew their countries during WWII on the European Front, including the British Air Transport Auxiliary, the Russian Night Witches, and the Luftwaffe test pilots. You can find her many books on her websit...

Send us Fan Mail In this Writer’s Room discussion, Elizabeth Wein shares how her ideas come together within historical context, her agent relationship and the value it has offered her as a writer, writing Code Name Verity and how it became a #1 NYT Best Seller eight years after publication, and offers advice to aspiring and working writers. Find Elizabeth at her website www.elizabethwein.com . Joi...

Send us Fan Mail Lauren Kessler is the author of 15 books, Director of the TransAtlantic Storytelling workshop, and Affiliate Professor, teaching storytelling and social change, at the University of Washington. She particularly enjoys working with groups of people (like us) whose special isn't necessarily writing, but who have an important story to tell. Among her many books, she is the autho...

Send us Fan Mail ****Spoiler Alert***** Lauren is the author of 15 books ranging on topics from Pancho to ballet, prison life to Alzheimer’s. She has immersed herself in these worlds and others to reveal them to us through her writing. Lauren talks about the challenges of researching this legendary, larger-than-life Aviatrix, a character from our rich history that everyone in aviation should get t...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, Air Force Academy graduate and recently retired airline pilot, Patty Bear, talks about her writing, the craft of memoir, and the details of editing, self-publishing, creating the audio book, and promoting, FROM PLAIN TO PLANE: MY MENNONITE CHILDHOOD, A NATIONAL SCANDAL, AND AN UNCONVENTIONAL SOAR TO FREEDOM.  You can find Patty at her author page on Facebook: ht...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, Air Force Academy graduate and recently retired airline pilot, Patty Bear, talks about her upcoming book, FROM PLAIN TO PLANE: MY MENNONITE CHILDHOOD, A NATIONAL SCANDAL, AND AN UNCONVENTIONAL SOAR TO FREEDOM. The book will be available on February 23rd.    You can find Patty at her author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorPattyBear   And at her w...

Send us Fan Mail A brief excerpt from my interview with Erika about her book A CHICK IN THE COCKPIT. Erika talks about her writing background, what she's writing now, and plans to self-publish her next book.  Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.org, you'll find...

Send us Fan Mail Captain Linda Pauwels on Beyond Haiku: Pilots Write Poetry, and her upcoming project Women Pilots Write Poetry. She’s requesting submissions! Proceeds will go to support scholarships for women pursuing flying careers. Captain Linda Pauwels is calling on women pilots from the four corners of the world to submit poetry for her second book Beyond Haiku: Women Pilots Write Poetry. The...

Send us Fan Mail Aviatrix Book Club - January 2021 - Author interview with Erika Armstrong, A CHICK IN THE COCKPIT  ****SPOILER ALERT**** All-around aviation professional, and prolific aviation writer, Erika Armstrong, reads an excerpt from A CHICK IN THE COCKPIT, before we get into the details. In a proper book club talk, we discuss the hard stuff she shared in the book, career and life balance,...