Author: Frances Boyd

 taken from the Pulitzer Prizes website (pulitzer.org) PRIZE WINNERSThe 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner in FictionFor distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). The Night Watchman By Louise Erdrich NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST, AMAZON, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF 2020 Based on the extraordinary life

Most of us saw and/or read Hidden Figures, a truly remarkable and endearing story of formerly overlooked female NASA scientists who played a vital role in the United States’ space program. Now, a book entitled My Remarkable Journey, Katherine Johnson’s memoir, reveals a more complete picture of Johnson, the main character in the book/movie. Johnson was a precocious child and always had a love of

Does the idea of a UPS drone delivering a package to your doorstep seem pretty amazing? If so, that is what traditional military leaders toward the end of WWII thought about the idea of a bomber dropping a bomb on a designated taget in Japan. The story of how precision bombing came about (or almost did NOT) is the story told by Malcolm Gladwell in

How many of you remember Lady Bird Johnson? My initial response upon becoming aware of her was to giggle because of her name. Her real name was Claudia, but it seems that her nanny told someone she was ‘as pretty as a lady bird’ and the name stuck. Her father called her Lady and LBJ called her Bird. Oh well…… Biographer Betty Boyd Caroli said