![]() ![]() I have always found that I write best when I have to carve out the time. I, of course, still managed to get some details wrong. Shutsy shared many amazing stories about her life during the war and generously answered my endless questions. Then I contacted Women Airforce Service pilots Ms. I went to a fantastic website, for information. How did you get details about the life of a WASP during WWII? In the newspaper, there was a black-and-white picture of young women pilots in their leather flight jackets in front of a plane. ![]() I had clearly envisioned the beginning in the library, and the end in the hospital, but had no idea about the long stretch of middle until I came across an article about President Obama honoring the Women Airforce Service pilots with Congressional Gold Medals. ![]() In 2009, I started writing a novel about sisters from four points of view–Mary, the woman with a secret, and Elyse, the teenager who would save her–along with Jane and Andie, first person narrators who were eventually booted from the story. Why did you decide to write a story about a Women Airforce Service pilot? ![]()
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