Andrew Dubbins
Andrew Dubbins is an award winning journalist and author whose work has appeared in The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Magazine, Alta, Slate, and other publications. He is the author of Into Enemy Waters, the story of a WWII frogman and the demolition divers who became the Navy SEALs. He was awarded “Journalist of the Year” in 2021 by the Los Angeles Press Club and has been featured among Longform.org’s “Best Articles” and The Daily Beast’s “Best Reads.” Several of his narrative non-fiction articles have been optioned for film and TV. He studied English and Government at Georgetown University and lives in Los Angeles.
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His first novel ('As a satire on military bigotry and shambling officialdom, Where were you at Waterloo? is in places as sharp as Waugh and sometimes better' - Times Literary Supplement) was written at Harvard. His second, Tennis and the Masai ('The funniest book of the year - Daily Telegraph) was serialized on BBC Radio 4.
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After grad school, Philbrick worked for four years at Sailing World magazine; was a freelancer for a number of years, during which time he wrote/edited several sailing books, including Yaahting: A Parody (1984), for which he was the editor-in-chief; during this time he was also the primary caregiver for his two children. After moving to Nantucket in 1986, he became interested in the history of the island and wrote Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People. He was offer -
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My Tagline: Lee Jackson Brings Heat To The Cold War. I write Historical Thriller Fiction - particularly surrounding the Cold War. Having lived in Morocco, Germany, Costa Rica, and of course in the United States; and, having been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan for a combined 38 months, I've been up-close-and personal with many different cultures. I graduated from West Point and Boston University, resulting in a front row seat on many pivotal events. I live in Texas with my wife. My first novel, "Curse The Moon" was published on 10 December 2013. I publish under my own name, Lee Jackson. -
Edward Young
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ALSO From the back cover of the 1954 Penguin edition of “One of Our Submarines”:
Edward Young was born in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1913. He was educated at Highgate and at 18 took a job as office boy in a publishing firm, where he gradually became interested in printing and design. When Penguin Books started in 1935 he was production manager, he designed the cover, and drew the Penguin device. In April 1940 he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (R.N.V.R.), and four months later entered the submarine service, and was the first R.N.V.R. officer to command an operational submarine. After the War he joined Rupert Hart-Davis, who was then about to start -
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He has twice been nominated for the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Book Award and is an active member of the Military Writers Society of America.
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Edward Young
SEE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu...
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AND
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/f...
ALSO From the back cover of the 1954 Penguin edition of “One of Our Submarines”:
Edward Young was born in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1913. He was educated at Highgate and at 18 took a job as office boy in a publishing firm, where he gradually became interested in printing and design. When Penguin Books started in 1935 he was production manager, he designed the cover, and drew the Penguin device. In April 1940 he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (R.N.V.R.), and four months later entered the submarine service, and was the first R.N.V.R. officer to command an operational submarine. After the War he joined Rupert Hart-Davis, who was then about to start -
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Michael Green is an American historian of armoured vehicles of the Second World War. He has written extensively on American tanks. He has written over a hundred books on various subjects with a specialisation in tanks.