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Lily Koppel (born 1981) is a writer living in New York City. She is known for her books The Red Leather Diary (2008) and The Astronaut Wives Club (2013). Career. Koppel writes for The New York Times and other publications. She graduated from Barnard College in 2003 with a degree in English Literature and creative writing.
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- The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, The Red Leather Diary
Jun 12, 2013 · Flipboard. Email. On April 9,1959, the U.S. introduced its first astronauts, and then launched their wives into the spotlight. In The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel looks at how seven women...
Lily Koppel is a bestselling author of literary fiction that is best known for “The Astronaut Wives Club” and “The Red Leather Diary.”. The former was a blockbuster work that would ultimately be the inspiration for a television series from ABC by the same name. Koppel’s work has been praised in many places and she is working on ...
Koppel grew up in Chicago and attended Barnard College and Oxford. She currently resides in New York. Lily Koppel is the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club (Now an ABC Television Series Premiering June 18th at 8|7c) and The Red Leather Diary.
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May 18, 2013 · Lily Koppel offers readers an inside look into the lives of astronaut wives. Much of the book focuses on the original Mercury 7 wives: Louise Shepard, Betty Grissom, Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter, Jo Schirra, Trudy Cooper, and Marge Slayton.
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Jun 11, 2013 · Description. Discover the true story of the women who stood beside some of the greatest heroes of American space travel in this New York Times bestseller that delivers “a truly great snapshot of the times” (Publishers Weekly) that inspired a limited TV series on ABC!
Jul 19, 2013 · Writing in a one-of-the-gals third person, Koppel — a former reporter for The New York Times and the author of “The Red Leather Diary” — tells us that her subjects are “very different,...
