Author’s Corner is an opportunity for aviation writers to promote their books and meet with readers during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh ("AirVenture"), an annual convention located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Past schedules have included the full spectrum of aviation interests, and both adult (non-fiction only) and children's books written by renowned aviation writers and notable personalities from the world of flight.
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Schedule
Monday, July 21, 2025
9:00 a.m. - Lauren Settles "Could I Be a Pilot? Evie's Journey to Becoming a Pilot"
10:00 a.m. - Jay A. Stout "Savage Skies, Emerald Hell: The U.S., Australia, Japan, and the Ferocious Air Battle for New Guinea in World War II"
11:00 a.m. - Laura Beth Dean "Georgia Jipp: Blizzard Pilotz"
12:00 a.m. -Anne Keene "The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II"
1:00 p.m. - Wayne Mutza "Kaman H-2 Seasprite : US Navy Shipborne Helicopter"
2:00 p.m. - Heidi A. Porch "Ditching the Sky: A Memoir of Triumph Against all Odds "
3:00 p.m. - Judith Ohm "Turret Tales from a WWII Ball Turret Gunner Staff Sgt. Doug Ward"
4:00 p.m. - Joe Peterburs "The Autobiography of Colonel Joe Peterburs with Memories of Over 36 Years of Active Military Service"
5:00 p.m. - Buck Wyndham "Hogs in the Sand"
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
9:00 a.m. - Elby Gray "Building a Kit Airplane: Everything I Wish I Knew Before I Started"
10:00 a.m. - Jay A. Stout "Savage Skies, Emerald Hell: The U.S., Australia, Japan, and the Ferocious Air Battle for New Guinea in World War II"
11:00 a.m. - Jim Busha "Bazooka Charlie : The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer"
12:00 p.m. - Heidi A. Porch "Ditching the Sky: A Memoir of Triumph Against all Odds"
1:00 p.m. - Karen Patterson & Gabrielle Martin "Aviatrix", "Red Tail: A Tuskegee Airman’s Rendezvous with Destiny"
2:00 p.m. - Joe Peterburs "The Autobiography of Colonel Joe Peterburs with Memories of Over 36 Years of Active Military Service"
3:00 p.m.(Table A) - Anne Keene "The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II"
3:00 p.m.(Table B) - Diane Ballweg "Into the Wind, Above the Clouds: Love at First Flight!"
4:00 p.m. - Lt. Colonel Olga Custodio, USAF (Retired) "Flightpath of Fortitude: Breaking Barriers, Building Horizons"
5:00 p.m. - Eileen Bjorkman "The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat"
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
9:00 a.m. - Chris Henry "Final Mission: Personal Stories of the Lives Touched by EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast"
10:00 a.m. - Judith Ohm "Turret Tales from a WWII Ball Turret Gunner Staff Sgt. Doug Ward"
11:00 a.m. - Wayne Mutza "Kaman H-2 Seasprite : US Navy Shipborne Helicopter"
12:00 p.m.(Table A) - Buck Wyndham "Hogs in the Sand"
12:00 p.m.(Table B) - Diane Ballweg "Into the Wind, Above the Clouds: Love at First Flight!"
1:00 p.m. - Laura Beth Dean "Georgia Jipp: Blizzard Pilot"
2:00 p.m. - Wally Soplata "The B-25 in the Backyard, My Father's Historic Airplane Sanctuary"
3:00 p.m. - Erin Miller "Final Flight Final Fight: My Grandmother, the WASP, and Arlington National Cemetery" & "What Grandma Did"
4:00 p.m.(Table A) - Eileen Bjorkman "The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat"
4:00 p.m.(Table B) - Katherine Sharp Landdeck "The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II"
5:00 p.m. - Pam Ward "Miss Blue! The Pilot Maker"
Thursday, July 24, 2025
9:00 a.m. - Jim Busha "Bazooka Charlie : The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer"
10:00 a.m. - Lauren Settles "Could I Be a Pilot? Evie's Journey to Becoming a Pilot"
11:00 a.m. - John Lanza "Shot Down Over Italy" & "From One War to Another"
12:00 p.m. - Elby Gray "Building a Kit Airplane: Everything I Wish I Knew Before I Started"
1:00 p.m. - Pam Ward "Miss Blue! The Pilot Maker"
2:00 p.m. - Bill Ross "Superior Air Parts: Engine Management 101"
3:00 p.m. - John Fredrickson "Boeing: Metamorphosis"
4:00 p.m. - Dan Flores "South of Heaven: My Year in Afghanistan"
5:00 p.m. - Dave Franson " Rescuing DOC: How Tony Mazzolini and DOC's Friends Transformed the Last Restorable B-29 From a Forgotten Target Into a Flying Tribute"
Thursday, July 24, 2025 (WomenVenture)
9:00 a.m. - Eileen Bjorkman "The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat"
10:00 a.m. - The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear Into Your Superpower"
11:00 a.m. - Capt. Lynn Rippelmeyer "Life Takes Wings: Lessons Learned by the World’s First Female 747 Pilot"
12:00 p.m. - Erin Miller "Final Flight Final Fight: My Grandmother, the WASP, and Arlington National Cemetery"
1:00 p.m. - Capt. Tammie Jo Shults "Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge"
2:00 p.m. - Lt. Colonel Olga Custodio, USAF (Retired) "Flightpath of Fortitude: Breaking Barriers, Building Horizons"
3:00 p.m. - Gigi Coleman & Captain Beth Powell "Queen of the Skies: The Inspiring Story of Bessie Coleman"
4:00 p.m. - Katherine Sharp Landdeck "The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II"
Friday, July 25, 2025
9:00 a.m. - Kenneth Katz "The Supersonic BONE: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber"
10:00 a.m.- Erin Miller "Final Flight Final Fight: My Grandmother, the WASP, and Arlington National Cemetery" & "What Grandma Did"
11:00 a.m. - Gigi Coleman & Captain Beth Powell "Queen of the Skies: The Inspiring Story of Bessie Coleman"
12:00 p.m. - Dan Flores "South of Heaven: My Year in Afghanistan"
1:00 p.m. - Brigadier General (Ret) John "Dragon" Teichert "BOOM! Leadership that Breaks Barriers, Challenges Convention, and Ignites Innovation" & "Prayers for A Nation - A 90-Day Devotional Guide" & "The Dragon Who Earned His Wings - Children's Book"
2:00 p.m. - Michelle 'MACE' Curran "Upside Down Dreams" & "What’s Your Call Sign?"
3:00 p.m. - Bill Ross "Superior Air Parts: Engine Management 101"
4:00 p.m. - John Fredrickson "Boeing: Metamorphosis"
5:00p.m. - Kellie Anthony "Children's Books: Afterburner 1-2-3" & "A is for Afterburner"
Saturday, July 27, 2023
9:00 a.m. - Chris Henry "Final Mission: Personal Stories of the Lives Touched by EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast"
10:00 a.m. - Wally Soplata "The B-25 in the Backyard, My Father's Historic Airplane Sanctuary"
11:00 a.m. - Kellie Anthony "Children's Books: Afterburner 1-2-3" & "A is for Afterburner"
12:00 p.m. - Brigadier General (Ret) John "Dragon" Teichert "BOOM! Leadership that Breaks Barriers, Challenges Convention, and Ignites Innovation" & "Prayers for A Nation - A 90-Day Devotional Guide" & "The Dragon Who Earned His Wings - Children's Book"
1:00 p.m. - Eileen Bjorkman "The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat"
2:00 p.m. - John Lanza "Shot Down Over Italy" and "From One War to Another"
3:00 p.m. - Buck Wyndham "Hogs in the Sand"
4:00 p.m. - Dan Flores "South of Heaven: My Year in Afghanistan"
5:00 p.m. - Dave Franson " Rescuing DOC: How Tony Mazzolini and DOC's Friends Transformed the Last Restorable B-29 From a Forgotten Target Into a Flying Tribute"
