Season 3, Episode 6 – Alena Dillon

In Season 3, Episode 6 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful chats with Alena Dillon about her new novel Eyes Turned Skyward. During the conversation, Dillon talks about the Women Airforce Service Pilots or W.A.S.P. program, the decade-long process of revising the novel, her long and uncertain path to publication, her transition from nonfiction to fiction, and the perseverance that led her to where she is today. Dillon also talks about high standards that female characters have been held to, but that are now changing to include flawed and fully-human female protagonists. Don’t miss it!