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Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation

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Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air. * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion. * Short on time? * WAYPOINTS are 5-10 minute excerpts from her book interviews with 50+ authors * AUTHORS NOTES are 5-10 minute excerpts from her Writers' Room interviews with authors and other experts in writing and publishing * Liz is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer, and host of the Aviatrix Book Club, Aviatrix Writers' Group, and Literary Aviatrix website where you'll find hundreds of books featuring women in aviation for all ages. * Sign up for the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter to stay up to date on book news and book discussions and follow her on social media @LiteraryAviatrix. * https://linktr.ee/literaryaviatrix

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Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air. * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion. * Short on time? * WAYPOINTS are 5-10 minute excerpts from her book interviews with 50+ authors * AUTHORS NOTES are 5-10 minute excerpts from her Writers' Room interviews with authors and other experts in writing and publishing * Liz is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer, and host of the Aviatrix Book Club, Aviatrix Writers' Group, and Literary Aviatrix website where you'll find hundreds of books featuring women in aviation for all ages. * Sign up for the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter to stay up to date on book news and book discussions and follow her on social media @LiteraryAviatrix. * https://linktr.ee/literaryaviatrix

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Aviatrix Writers' Room interview with bestselling author Maggie Shipstead on her classical writing education and publishing journey.

6/1/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this Literary Aviatrix Writers’ Room interview with best-selling author Maggie Shipstead we get into the details of her author journey. Maggie is an inspiration for anyone who aspires to be a professional writer. In our conversation, she talks about how a writing course with Zadie Smith during her undergrad at Harvard cemented her path as a writer. She went on to earn an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, followed by a two-year creative writing Stegner Fellowship at Stanford. Her books include the novels Seating Arrangements (2012), Astonish Me (2014), and Great Circle (2021), and a collection of short stories entitled You Have a Friend in 10A (2022). She is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times’ Book Prize for First Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and Great Circle was short-listed for the Booker Prize and the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. As a travel writer, Maggie has also had articles published in Conde Nast Traveler, The New York Times, and Departures. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:40:20

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Novelist Maggie Shipstead talks about the feral bootlegging, Alaska bush, and Air Transport Auxiliary pilot character, Marion Graves, from her best selling Great Circle.

5/31/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with author Maggie Shipstead, we discuss her best-selling novel Great Circle. In this sweeping saga, we follow fictional pilot Marion Graves from her feral childhood in Montana where she first encounters a barnstorming pilot team and decides that flying is her life's purpose. She flies as a bootlegger transporting liquor, the flies as a bush pilot in Alaska before joining the Air Transport Auxiliary to fly during the war. Post-war, she decides to fly around the world, North to South, and disappears. The story is intercut with a modern day Hollywood actress set to play Marion in an upcoming bio-pic whose own childhood scars include the loss of her parents in a small airplane crash. Maggie talks about the inspiration for the book and the research that led to this gorgeous novel. Correction from the end of the interview: we will discuss the book Aviatrix, by Mary Bush Shipko, in the Aviatrix Book Club next month, and THEN we'll read The Fabulous Flying Mrs. Miller in July. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:39:16

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Aviatrix Classics - Introducing my co-hosts, Dr. Jacque Boyd, general aviation pilot and aerospace educator, and Captain Jenny Beatty, professional airline pilot and aviation diversity advocate, both self-proclaimed aviation history and book nerds.

5/15/2024
Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the new ‘Literary Aviatrix Classics’ series, where I discuss books written by and about our aviatrix pioneers with my venerable co-hosts, Dr. Jacque Boyd and Captain Jenny Beatty. In this interview, we get to know Jacque and Jenny, and we announce the subject of our first ‘Classics’ discussion. Dr. Jacque Boyd is an educator and a general aviation pilot. She has a B.A. in Education, Psychology, and Special Education. In 1979 she was awarded the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship from the Ninety-Nines for her M.Ed. in Aerospace Education. She also holds a PhD in Curriculum Development and Supervision. Her dissertation was a study of math and science education. Jacque's writing expertise covers several magazine columns, including the Current Issues and Tools for Schools column for Aviation for Women. She also writes extensively for The Ninety-Nines Magazine with the latest contribution being book reviews. She currently does book reviews for several publications and has experienced the fun of ghostwriting. Jacque is a self-admitted book-a-holic with well over 1000 volumes. The majority of the books are aviation-related and most about women's flight. She also has all her grandfather's education books from when he was a teacher in Kentucky in the late 1800s. Captain Jenny Beatty is a longtime airline pilot, author, and advocate for women and others underrepresented in aviation. Jenny’s interest in aviation’s early days stems from being in one of the few families to have three generations of women pilots. Both of her maternal grandparents learned to fly in 1930, and their daughter, Jenny’s mother, earned her pilot’s license in 1945. Following them into the air in 1981, Jenny became a flight instructor, airline pilot, check airman, and flight operations manager, and is rated to fly the B737, B747, B777, B787, DC-9, seaplanes, and gliders. In this portrait, Jenny is wearing her grandmother’s flying jacket. To join the Literary Aviatrix Classics conversation, Jenny draws from her collection of over 350 books and magazines by and about women and other underrepresented pilots all over the world, including rare early first editions. She is a popular writer and public speaker on historical and contemporary pilot career topics. Read Jenny’s articles and resources at www 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:01:02:37

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Pilot Polly Vacher talks about her record-setting solo flight from the North Pole to Antarctica to raise funds for the charity Flying Scholarships for the Disabled

5/11/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with inspiring pilot Polly Vacher, she talks about her memoir Wings Around the World: The Exhilarating Story of One Woman’s Epic Flight from the North Pole to Antarctica. She shares how she prepared for the trip, some of the obstacles that stood in her way and how she navigated them, the very difficult decision she was faced with in trying to achieve the goal she’d prepared for over two years to accomplish, and the highlights of meeting people all across the world, all in the name of charity to raise funds for Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:01:09:16

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Prolific mystery writer Edith Maxwell, writing as Maddie Day, talks about her writing career and incorporating historical details about a young Amelia Earhart into her new novel A Case for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery

4/7/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this fun interview with mystery writer Edith Maxwell, publishing under the pen name 'Maddie Day', we talk about her historical mystery, A Case for the Ladies: A Dot and Amelia Mystery, which launched in March. In it, a young Amelia Earhart, who is living in Boston, taking flying lessons on the weekends, and working at an immigrant settlement house, helps solve the mystery of a series of murders involving immigrant women. Edith, who has published over 30 books, also shares her wisdom and experience as a mystery writer.Typically a traditionally published author, Edith went out on her own to bring this story to life, so let's support her and buy (AND REVIEW) A Case for the Ladies! 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:34:36

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Bloomberg space journalist and author Loren Grush talks about her book The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

3/17/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with Bloomberg space journalist and author Loren Grush, we talk about her childhood growing up around Johnson Space Center with two NASA Engineers and how that led her to unearth the stories of NASA's first women astronauts. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:44:18

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Aviatrix Writers' Room - New Zealand pilot and author Penelope Haines on going from Na-No-Wri-Mo participant to self-published author.

3/17/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with self-published historical fiction and mystery/thriller author Penelope Haines, we talk details on going from Na-No-Wri-Mo participant to self-published author. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:34:41

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New Zealand flight instructor and author Penelope Haines on flying in the Land of the Long White Cloud and her Claire Hardcastle murder mystery Death on D'Urville

3/13/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with New Zealand pilot, flight instructor and author, Penelope Haines, we discuss her mystery/thriller novel Death on D'Urville and talk all things flying and instructing in New Zealand! 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:51:17

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Award winning authors Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein talk about their exciting new collaborative Young Adult release, American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality

2/22/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with all-star award-winning young adult authors Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein, they discuss their fabulously researched and written young adult non-fiction American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky. They give us a glimpse into this fascinating aviation history and the process that brought it to life in this new book, which is essential reading for any avgeek or aviation history buff! 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:01:44:55

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Aviatrix Writers' Room: Sara Ackerman on becoming a best-selling historical fiction author after having three novels rejected.

2/21/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this Aviatrix Writers’ Room interview with best-selling author Sara Ackerman, she shares how she went from three rejected, unpublished novels to finding an agent and becoming the successful author of six acclaimed historical fiction novels centered on Hawaiian history, including her latest release, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:19:44

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Best-selling WWII historical fiction author Sara Ackerman reimagines the 1920's Dole Air Race to Hawaii with a female competitor in her new release The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

2/4/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with best-selling author Sara Ackerman, we talk about her latest historical novel, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, set against the backdrop of the Dole Air Race from the Continental U.S. to Hawaii in the late 1920's. In this reimagined story, female competitor Olivia West joins the fray in a race that historically included no female pilots. Acclaimed for her WWII historical romance novels set in Hawaii, we're privileged to have an Aviatrix join Sara's fictional cast of characters in this latest release. You can find her book, along with hundreds of others featuring women in aviation, on the Literary Aviatrix Website. https://literaryaviatrix.com/product/the-uncharted-flight-of-olivia-west-a-novel/ Blue Skies, and Happy Reading! 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:18:31

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Book Launch Interview - Decorated Veteran Army Helicopter Pilot Kodey Bogart talks about her flying career and her new picture book Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot

1/14/2024
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with helicopter pilot and author Kodey Bogart, we talk about her new picture book, Helo Girls: The Firefighting Pilot. Kodey is a decorated veteran Army Warrant Officer Medevac pilot and recipient of two Air Medals and the Sikorsky Rescue Award. She has extensive experience in a range of aviation operations, training, safety, test flight, air ambulance, and law enforcement. We spend a good portion of our interview geeking out about flying helos. The Firefighting Pilot is the first of what Kodey plans to turn into a series of picture books featuring various female pilots in diverse aviation missions. The book is available for pre-order now and launches on January 16th! https://literaryaviatrix.com/product/helo_girls_firefighting_pilot/ 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:40:47

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Soar Into Joy with my first 'Leadership and Development' series guest, US Navy S-3B Viking pilot and Tech Industry veteran Loree 'Rowdy' Draude, first wave of women to deploy on a carrier, and one-woman show actress.

12/18/2023
Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the new Literary Aviatrix Leadership and Development author interview series. Loree "Rowdy" Draude was a combat pilot among the first women to deploy on an aircraft carrier. She also navigated a very successful career in the tech sector. Now Loree brings her professional experiences together to help coach and inspire business leaders, and her love of art and creativity to entertain and inspire audiences with her one-woman show, "I Feel the Need." Her book, She's Just Another Navy Pilot, is Loree's memoir of that first carrier deployment, which began the day LT Kara Hultgreen lost her life in a fatal crash on takeoff. Soar Into Joy brings together the advice Loree finds herself repeating as a coach to her clients. You can find her books on the Literary Aviatrix website, and you can find Loree at her website https://loreedraude.com and on Instagram and FaceBook @loreedraude 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:01:26:30

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Aviatrix Book Club 2024 Reading List Announcement

12/15/2023
Send us a Text Message. Announcing the FOURTH Aviatrix Book Club annual reading list! With so many fabulous books it's hard to choose only twelve. I hope you're as excited as I am about the diversity of genre, types of flying, and historical periods reflected in this list. I look forward to seeing you in the discussions. Happy Reading! 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:12:34

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Author Leona Cobham, granddaughter of aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham, talks about her middle grade book Flying Circus Takes to the Skies, featuring four anthropomorphic vintage aircraft and their adventures

12/1/2023
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with Leona Cobham, granddaughter of pioneering pilot and aviation advocate, Sir Alan Cobham, we talk about her wonderful middle grade book, Flying Circus Takes to the Skies, which features the adventures of four anthropomorphic vintage aircraft: Spiff, the Spitfire; Vul, the Vulcan; Tom, the Tomcat; and Woody, the Tiger Moth. Leona was inspired to write the book by her experience working with children and her concern over boys becoming ever-more reluctant readers. She created these characters in the hopes that boys would get excited about both reading and aviation history. Her next installment of Airplane Adventures will include a female Nighthawk. The story is well-complemented by line drawings from aviation artist Timothy O'Brien. https://www.timobrienart.co.uk/ Leona's book is very thoughtfully available in two English versions - one with British spellings, and one with American, so be sure to select the one appropriate for your young reader. Affiliate links for both can be found on the Literary Aviatrix website: British: https://literaryaviatrix.com/product/aeroplane-adventures-flying-circus-takes-to-the-skies/ American: https://literaryaviatrix.com/product/airplane-adventures-flying-circus-takes-to-the-skies/ Toward the end of our interview, we talk about Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd, and the Canadian Broadcast Company's annual broadcast of a 1979 reading done by "Fireside Al" Maitland. If you'd like to join us in the Christmas Eve tradition, here's a link: CBC - As it Happens 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:52:59

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Aviatrix Book Club November 2024 - USAF Test Pilot and First Female NASA Space Shuttle Pilot & Commander, Col. Eileen Collins (ret.) talks about her journey from childhood to space, and her memoir, Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars.

11/24/2023
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with Astronaut Pilot Eileen Collins, she talks about her path, from her childhood in Elmira, New York, through community college and ROTC, to Air Force Flight Training, Instructing, a combat mission in Grenada, Stanford, and Test Pilot School, to becoming the first female, and mother, NASA Space Shuttle pilot and mission commander. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:01:33:14

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Aviatrix Book Club October 2023 Coast Guard H65 Dauphin Helicopter Flight Mechanic Ashlee Leppert talks about rescue response during Hurricane Harvey, earning the Air Medal, and being an honored guest at the State of the Union Address

11/1/2023
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with Coast Guard Aviation Electronics Technician and H65 Dolphin Helicopter Flight Mechanic, Ashlee Leppert, we talk about her memoir The Hurricane Within, which recounts her experiences in the Hurricane Harvey disaster response while she simultaneously endured troubling and mysterious physical symptoms that eventually grounded her from flying. Ashlee talks about her medical journey, how her faith guided her through her PTSD, her transition to civilian life, and how she hopes to pay it forward as an author, speaker, and life coach. Ashlee earned an air medal for contributions to Harvey recovery efforts and was an honored guest at the State of the Union Address. Thank you, Ashlee, for showing the world what it looks like to be a Coast Guard helicopter flight mechanic, and for sharing your story for others to benefit. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:37:53

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Aviatrix Book Club October 2023 UK RAF Chinook aircrew Liz McConaghy talks about her service in Iraq and Afghanistan and her subsequent mental health challenges in her memoir Chinook Crew Chick

10/23/2023
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with Liz McConaghy, we talk about her experiences serving as aircrew on RAF Chinooks in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the mental challenges she faced after being medically grounded and leaving the service, which she writes about in her memoir Chinook Crew 'Chick': Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female Chinook Force Crewmember 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

Duración:00:49:33

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Book Launch: Former USAF F-16 Thunderbird no. 3 Demonstration Pilot and mom, Caroline ‘Blaze’ Jensen, talks about her new picture book THUNDERMOUSE

10/9/2023
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with USAF Academy graduate, F-16 combat veteran pilot, former no. 3 Thunderbird demonstration team pilot, and boy-mom, Caroline ‘Blaze’ Jensen, we talk about her sweet new picture book, Thundermouse, her career, and how she managed one of the most visible and demanding jobs imaginable as the mother of a toddler. Blaze is the granddaughter of a WWII SPAR (as am I) and a Coast Guard Grandfather, and daughter of a U.S. Marine, but we’ll forgive her for joining the Air Force. She was inspired by Top Gun and guided by the legacy of the WASP and is currently the Board President-Elect of the WASP Museum in Sweetwater, Texas. Her illustrious Air Force career included a stint as a Congressional Liaison, where she met Erin Miller while she was on her crusade to secure WASP rights to interment at Arlington on behalf of her Gammy. Blaze is a motivational speaker for hire and offers mentoring to aspiring and junior military aviators. She will be celebrating the launch of Thundermouse at the WWII Commemorative Air Force Museum Minnesotta Wing this Friday, October 13th, at 6pm. Thundermouse launches tomorrow, Tuesday October 10th. If you order from Blaze’s website, she will sign and personalize a book for you. https://www.diamondechelonllc.com/ 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

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Book Launch: Author Mary Carroll Moore talks about how her WWII WASP mother inspired her new thriller novel, A Woman's Guide to Search and Rescue, which features two modern-day female pilot characters

10/7/2023
Send us a Text Message. In this interview with author Mary Carroll Moore, we talk about her new book, A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue, which is available for preorder and launches on October 24th, 2023. In a former life, Mary was a syndicated food journalist who wrote many food and cooking-related articles and books. At fifty, she went back to school for her MFA and began not only writing, but also teaching fiction. Mary’s curiosity about aviation was piqued by her mother, Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Hartz Carroll, who earned her pilot license in 1942 and flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during WWII. That curiosity inspired her to create two modern-day aviation characters, one an inland search and rescue pilot, and one an aerobatic pilot, in this new thriller novel that features a false murder accusation, a run from the law, and estranged sisters who reunite. Mary was also inspired to try flying herself. She recently started taking lessons and is both excited and overwhelmed by all there is to learn. Let’s give her a warm welcome to the community, and support her by buying her new book! We also talk in-depth about her writing and publishing journey during this conversation. A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue is a stand-alone novel but is also the sequel to Mary’s first work of fiction, Qualities of Light. You can find Mary at her website MaryCarrollMoore.com and on LinkedIn @MaryCarrollMoore. 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 shopping through the Literary Aviatrix website a small portion of the sale goes to support the content you love, at no additional cost to you. https://literaryaviatrix.com/shop-all-books/ Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date Literary Aviatrix Newsletter.VisitLiterary Aviatrix websiteBecomeLiterary Aviatrix PatronFollow meLiterary Aviatrix linkt.ree Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening! -Liz Booker

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